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Alex Ovechkin nets OT winner as Capitals nip Habs
Alex Ovechkin scored two goals, including the winner in overtime, to lift the Washington Capitals to a 3-2 victory over the visiting Montreal Canadiens in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series on Monday.,Ovechkin also notched an assist for Washington, which squandered a two-goal lea...
Marlins C Rob Brantly lands on IL with lat strain
The Miami Marlins placed catcher Rob Brantly on the 10-day injured list Monday with a right lat strain.,Brantly, 35, is batting .429 (3-for-7) with one RBI in three games this season.,The Marlins also recalled catcher Agustin Ramirez and right-hander George Soriano from Triple-A Jacksonville and opt...
You again? Dodgers, Cubs meet for third series this season
Familiar foes will meet again on Tuesday as the Los Angeles Dodgers visit the Chicago Cubs for the opener of a two-game series.,The Dodgers opened the season with a pair of victories over the Cubs in Tokyo last month before Chicago responded by winning two of three games in Los Angeles from April 11...
Josh Naylor's 11th-inning single guides Diamondbacks past Cubs
Josh Naylor had three hits and two RBIs and drove in the tie-breaking run in the 11th inning when the Arizona Diamondbacks salvaged the final game of a three-game series with a 3-2 victory over the host Chicago Cubs on Sunday.,Naylor singled off Jordan Wicks (0-1) with no outs in the 11th to drive i...
Alex Ovechkin, top-seeded Capitals launch Cup quest vs. Canadiens
In his final tune-up before the playoffs begin, Alex Ovechkin spent time on the ice with a different and beloved pair of teammates: his young sons, Sergei and Ilya.,The Washington Capitals invited Ovechkin and his teammates to bring family members on the ice to enjoy an Easter Sunday skate a day bef...
High-octane Cubs seek series sweep of Diamondbacks
The host Chicago Cubs will vie for a sweep of the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday after showing off their major league-leading offense in the first two games of the series.,The Cubs totaled six homers in 13-11 and 6-2 victories in the first two games and have scored 143 runs in their first 23 games, ...
Cubs tag D-backs ace Zac Gallen for 6 early runs in win
Seiya Suzuki and Michael Busch hit back-to-back homers to cap a four-run second inning and the host Chicago Cubs beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-2 on Saturday. ,Busch had two hits and two RBIs, Kyle Tucker notched two RBIs and Dansby Swanson posted two hits for the Cubs, who have won five of their ...
D-backs attempt to shake off shootout loss to Cubs
Two of the best offensive teams in the majors put on a show in windy Chicago on Friday.,The Chicago Cubs lost a six-run lead in the eighth inning but recovered for a 13-11 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks in the opener of a three-game series. The visitors will try to get over the wild defeat in...
Carson Kelly helps Cubs outlast Diamondbacks in showdown
Carson Kelly had two homers, Kyle Tucker, Ian Happ and Seiya Suzuki also homered, and the host Chicago Cubs blew a six-run lead against the Arizona Diamondbacks before recovering for an 13-11 victory Friday afternoon.,Eugenio Suarez hit a grand slam and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. had a three-run homer in a...
Cubs ace Justin Steele undergoes surgery, shares hospital photo
Chicago Cubs ace left-hander Justin Steele underwent elbow surgery on Friday, he announced on social media.,Post-surgery, he posted a smiling photo on X from his hospital bed, his arm heavily wrapped and resting on a pillow.,"Appreciate the prayers and thoughts.. God is good," he captioned the photo...
Offenses will be on display as Cubs host Diamondbacks
Like offense?,Two of the most productive offenses in the National League will meet when the Chicago Cubs play host to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday afternoon to start a three-game series.,The Cubs lead the majors with 124 runs, 11 more than the AL-leading New York Yankees. The Diamondbacks are ...
Kaiden Guhle's 2 goals send Habs past Hurricanes, into playoffs
Kaiden Guhle scored twice for the Montreal Canadiens, who clinched the final berth in the Stanley Cup playoffs with a 4-2 win against the visiting Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday.,Nick Suzuki had a goal and an assist and Sam Montembeault made 27 saves for the Canadiens (40-31-11, 91 points), who cl...
Stars deliver big hits as Padres take series from Cubs
Manny Machado recorded a pair of two-out RBIs and Fernando Tatis Jr. also had two RBIs, lifting the host San Diego Padres to a 4-2 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday afternoon.,Tatis opened the scoring with an RBI single in the third and Machado followed with one of his own later in the inni...
Cubs look to cap California trip with series win vs. Padres
On Tuesday night, the Chicago Cubs became the first team to hand the San Diego Padres a home loss this season.,On Wednesday afternoon, Chicago has a chance to end what shaped up as a difficult swing through National League West powers Los Angeles and San Diego with a 4-2 record if it can win the ser...
In 10th, Cubs hand Padres first home loss
Nico Hoerner tripled in the go-ahead run in the top of the 10th inning and the visiting Chicago Cubs handed the San Diego Padres their first home loss, 2-1, on Tuesday night.,With Dansby Swanson placed at second base as the automatic runner, Hoerner lined a 2-0 fastball from Yuki Matsui (0-1) to the...
Cubs rookie 3B Matt Shaw optioned among cluster of moves
The Chicago Cubs want Matt Shaw to get a little more seasoning and sent the rookie third baseman to the minor leagues on Tuesday as part of a number of roster moves.,In addition, the Cubs place right-hander Eli Morgan (elbow) on the 15-day injured list, while right-hander Nate Pearson also was optio...
Padres host Cubs, look to move to 12-0 at home to start season
It took until late July last year for the San Diego Padres to hit their stride.,As a 14-3 start to the season shows, San Diego didn't quite wait as long to get going in 2025. Its come-from-behind 10-4 win Monday night over the Chicago Cubs upped its home record to 11-0 and tied the 1998 team, which ...
Fernando Tatis Jr. socks two homers as Padres top Cubs
Fernando Tatis Jr. homered twice Monday night and Luis Arraez added three hits, including a solo homer, as the San Diego Padres rallied for a 10-4 win over the visiting Chicago Cubs.,While improving to 11-0 at home this year and winning its 15th straight game at Petco Park dating back to last Septem...
Fresh off 3 straight shutouts, Padres seek to silence Cubs
The San Diego Padres are accomplishing feats that are rare in MLB history.,Six shutouts in the team's first 16 games, with all of the zeros coming at home. Allowing just 11 runs in their first 10 home games, all of them wins. And on top of that, a 13-3 start matching the best in franchise history.,N...
Pete Crow-Armstrong homers twice as Cubs take series from Dodgers
Pete Crow-Armstrong went 3-for-4 and slugged two home runs as the visiting Chicago Cubs won the rubber match of their three-game set 4-2 against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday.,Reliever Ethan Roberts (1-0) got the final two outs of the sixth inning to earn the win, and Ryan Pressly was perfect in...