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Giants look to remain unbeaten in Robbie Ray starts
The San Francisco Giants have every reason to smile when left-hander Robbie Ray trots onto the field.,After all, they've won all seven of Ray's starts this season.,The Giants hope that trend continues on Wednesday afternoon when they play the rubber match of their three-game series against the host ...
Giants erupt for 9 runs in 11th to top Cubs
Jung Hoo Lee belted a two-run homer in the third inning and added an RBI single during a nine-run 11th, lifting the visiting San Francisco Giants to a 14-5 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday.,Matt Chapman added a two-run single in the 11th to join Lee with a three-hit performance. Heliot Ramos...
After blowing 9th-inning lead, Giants erupt for 9 runs in 11th to top Cubs
Jung Hoo Lee belted a two-run homer in the third inning and added an RBI single during a nine-run 11th, lifting the visiting San Francisco Giants to a 14-5 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday.,Matt Chapman added a two-run single in the 11th to join Lee with a three-hit performance. Heliot Ramos...
Justin Verlander, Giants look to shut down high-scoring Cubs
A night after cooling off the visiting San Francisco Giants, the Chicago Cubs will aim to clinch their third consecutive series on Tuesday night.,Chicago has won four of its last five games, including a 9-2 victory over the Giants in the series opener on Monday -- snapping the visitors' three-game w...
Cubs stay hot by cooling off Giants
Dansby Swanson went 3-for-4 with a pair of RBIs, while Ian Happ and Carson Kelly each homered, propelling the Chicago Cubs to a 9-2 victory over the visiting San Francisco Giants on Monday.,Happ drove in three runs and Seiya Suzuki drove in two, as the Cubs won their fourth game in five tries. Matth...
Cubs place LHP Shoto Imanaga (hamstring strain) on 15-day IL
Chicago Cubs left-hander Shoto Imanaga was placed on the 15-day injured list with a strained left hamstring on Monday. ,The Cubs are without Imanaga and a second top starter -- Justin Steele -- as they begin a three-game home series with the San Francisco Giants on Monday. ,Because of an off day Thu...
Two of NL's best square off as Cubs host Giants
A pair of teams riding high after series victories will meet in Chicago on Monday night, when the Cubs host the San Francisco Giants.,The Cubs enter winners in three of four games -- including two of three in its weekend series win against the Milwaukee Brewers. Chicago, which leads the National Lea...
Shota Imanaga leaves with injury, Cubs blanked by Brewers
The Milwaukee Brewers snapped a scoreless tie with four runs in the sixth inning after Cubs starter Shota Imanaga departed with injury, avoiding a sweep with a 4-0 victory over visiting Chicago on Sunday.,Imanaga was locked in a scoreless duel with Freddy Peralta in the sixth when he reached back an...
Cubs look to continue offensive surge vs. Brewers
Following a pair of emphatic wins over their National League Central foes, the visiting Chicago Cubs have an opportunity to post a three-game sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday afternoon.,Winners in three straight games and four of their last five, the Cubs picked up where they left off at the...
Cubs wallop three homers to clinch series with Brewers
Pete Crow-Armstrong hit a three-run homer and Jameson Taillon threw six quality innings on Saturday, propelling the visiting Chicago Cubs to a 6-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers.,Taillon (2-1) allowed two earned runs on three hits and a walk while striking out five, as the Cubs clinched the week...
Cubs look to stay hot offensively against Brewers
The Chicago Cubs' lineup continues to prove its dominance among its National League foes. ,The club's success was on full display in its series opener on Friday against the Milwaukee Brewers, and will look to extend its run on Saturday night. Chicago erupted for 10 runs in its shutout win on Friday,...
Michael Busch's grand slam sparks Cubs' 10-0 rout of Brewers
Michael Busch hit a grand slam and Pete Crow-Armstrong launched two solo home runs on Friday, helping guide the visiting Chicago Cubs to a 10-0 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday.,Ben Brown (3-2) allowed just four hits across six scoreless innings for Chicago, striking out four and walking...
Cubs bring majors' highest-scoring offense to Milwaukee
Little has deterred the Chicago Cubs' vaunted offense this season, a trend the club wants to see prolonged on Friday in the series opener against the host Milwaukee Brewers.,Fresh off a series win against the Pittsburgh Pirates in which the Cubs averaged 6.7 runs per game, Chicago leads the major le...
Cubs use power display to defeat Paul Skenes, Pirates
Seiya Suzuki hit two home runs and drove in three runs to lead the Chicago Cubs to an 8-3 victory over the host Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday afternoon.,Suzuki hit one of the Cubs' three solo home runs in the fifth inning off Pirates ace Paul Skenes (3-3) to erase a 2-0 deficit and help the Cubs ta...
Pirates send out Paul Skenes in series decider vs. Cubs
It can be tough for second-year players to match a strong rookie season. However, for Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Paul Skenes, it's been business as usual.,The right-hander looks to continue his effective sophomore campaign when he faces the visiting Chicago Cubs in the rubber match of a thr...
Fan falls 21 feet onto warning track during Cubs-Pirates game
A fan attending the Wednesday game between the Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates fell out of the right field stands during the seventh inning and landed on the PNC Park warning track 21 feet below.,The game was delayed for 10 minutes while paramedics and the teams' trainers strapped the fan to a b...
Andrew McCutchen's clutch double lifts Pirates past Cubs
Andrew McCutchen drove in two runs with his lone hit to help the Pittsburgh Pirates snap a three-game slide with a 4-3 win against the visiting Chicago Cubs on Wednesday.,With Isiah Kiner-Falefa and Bryan Reynolds on base with two outs in the seventh, McCutchen delivered a double into center field t...
Cubs take on Pirates in battle between stellar and subpar offenses
Veteran left-hander Matthew Boyd was delighted to join a Cubs team that had potential for offensive firepower and a strong defense when he signed with Chicago in the offseason. ,And the Cubs, leading the National League in batting average and runs -- and sitting second in home runs -- have not been ...
Cubs smack four homers and shut out Pirates
Carson Kelly and Seiya Suzuki each homered as part of three-hit outings and the Chicago Cubs belted four overall during a 9-0 victory over the host Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night.,The Cubs snapped a two-game skid while dealing the Pirates their third consecutive defeat and fifth shutout loss th...
Cubs smack four homers in rout of Pirates
Carson Kelly and Seiya Suzuki each homered as part of three-hit outings and the Chicago Cubs belted four overall during a 9-0 victory over the host Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night.,The Cubs snapped a two-game skid while dealing the Pirates their third consecutive defeat and fifth shutout loss th...