In the just-completed homestand, the Chicago Cubs had three wins, three losses and three injuries to key players.

Reliever Daniel Palencia gave up five ninth-inning runs without retiring a batter in Sunday’s 6-3 collapse to the Washington Nationals in front of a Wrigley Field crowd of 33,343. Fans were going wild after the Cubs scored what looked like an insurance run in the eighth inning as Carson Kelly hit his second home run of the day.

But the 3-1 lead evaporated quickly and Palencia left the game with a posterior right shoulder injury.

The Cubs already lost right fielder Kyle Tucker to a left calf injury on Tuesday and center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong , who fouled a ball off his right knee on Saturday. Neither has been placed on the injured list, but they are taking time off.

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