CINCINNATI — The Cubs’ catching depth has quickly dwindled in the past week. The team scratched Yan Gomes from the lineup Tuesday with left oblique tightness, three days after Willson Contreras left a game with right hamstring tightness.
Rookie P.J. Higgins, who was called up Sunday, was scheduled to start at catcher regardless, with Gomes originally serving as the designated hitter. But with Gomes out, Frank Schwindel moved from first base to DH, and Alfonso Rivas slid into the lineup at first.
