The Chicago Cubs, based in Chicago, Ill., participate in Major League Baseball (MLB) and are a member of the National League Central Division. The Cubs were founded as the Chicago White Stockings in 1876.
PITTSBURGH — Rich Harden did something Monday he hadn't done since May 12: earn a win. Backed by Harden's solid outing, the Cubs beat the Pirates, 3-1, in front of 15,400 at PNC Park. But the only win Harden seemed to care about was his club's 36th of the season to get back to one [...]
CHICAGO — Carlos Zambrano served up a home run, hit two batters, was yelled at, yelled back, and that was in just a few innings of a crazy day. John Danks outdueled Zambrano to lead the White Sox to a 6-0 victory Sunday over the Cubs, and take the intracity Interleague series. The sellout crowd [...]
CHICAGO — Nobody left Saturday's game early. The Cubs ran out of comebacks as rookie Gordon Beckham smacked a walk-off RBI single with two outs in the ninth to lift the White Sox to an 8-7 Interleague victory over the Cubs and even the crosstown series at two wins apiece. The Cubs had taken advantage [...]
CHICAGO — Telling the truth may have been the best thing for Geovany Soto. Soto, who revealed he tested positive for marijuana in the World Baseball Classic, smashed a three-run homer with one out in the seventh Friday to power the Cubs to a 5-4 Interleague victory over their intracity rivals, the White Sox. "He's [...]
DETROIT — Jake Fox's dad got a special souvenir and the rookie may have garnered some more playing time in the Cubs' lineup. Fox missed hitting for the cycle by a triple while belting a three-run homer — his first in the Major Leagues — but it wasn't enough, as the Detroit Tigers completed an [...]
DETROIT — After watching the Cubs strand 13 baserunners and go 1-for-15 with runners in scoring position, Lou Piniella admitted he's run out of ways to get the Cubs offense going. "What are you going to do? Keep running them out there and sooner or later they'll hit," Piniella said after the Cubs dropped a [...]
Now it is out there, for the entire world to see: Jason Bay's clutch at-bats. Pablo Sandoval's free-swinging mayhem. Kevin Slowey painting the strike zone. Adam Lind's doubles. Chad Billingsley ahead in the count. Prince Fielder's patience and power. Erick Aybar's magnificence at shortstop. Live Major League Baseball games in the palm of your hand, [...]
DETROIT — Cubs outfielder Reed Johnson, sidelined with lower back spasms, is expected to be placed on the 15-day disabled list Thursday and Ryan Freel called up from Triple-A Iowa. Johnson, who was batting .268 with four home runs and 16 RBIs, has not played since Saturday. "We can't continue to play short," Cubs manager [...]
DETROIT — The Cubs could've used Carlos Zambrano in the lineup. The Detroit Tigers rallied not once, but twice, as pinch-hitter Ryan Raburn hit a two-run walk-off homer with one out in the ninth off Kevin Gregg to post a 5-4 Interleague victory over the Cubs. Brandon Inge belted a two-run homer off Zambrano in [...]
Now it is out there, for the entire world to see: Jason Bay's clutch at-bats. Pablo Sandoval's free-swinging mayhem. Kevin Slowey painting the strike zone. Adam Lind's doubles. Chad Billingsley ahead in the count. Prince Fielder's patience and power. Erick Aybar's magnificence at shortstop. Live Major League Baseball games in the palm of your hand, [...]