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Cubs win home opener, hand Padres first loss of season
Shota Imanaga threw 7 1/3 quality innings and Justin Turner delivered the go-ahead RBI single on Friday to propel the Chicago Cubs to a 3-1 victory over the visiting San Diego Padres.,Imanaga (2-0) allowed one run on four hits while striking out four and walking none, lowering his ERA to 0.98, as th...
Canadiens gain rare win over Bruins, build wild-card lead
Brendan Gallagher and Nick Suzuki each registered a goal and an assist as the Montreal Canadiens beat the visiting Boston Bruins 4-1 on Thursday.,Montreal (36-30-9, 81 points) never looked back after taking a 2-0 lead on goals by Christian Dvorak and Cole Caufield in the second period.,Sam Montembea...
Surging Cubs welcome unbeaten Padres for home opener
Looking to extend the best start in franchise history, the visiting San Diego Padres hit the road for the first time in 2025 on Friday to begin a three-game set with the surging Chicago Cubs.,Winners in each of the first seven games of the season, the Padres are fresh off a four-game sweep of the At...
Seiya Suzuki homers twice as Cubs complete series rout of A's
The Chicago Cubs completed a three-game demolition of the Athletics new home in Sacramento, Calif., on Wednesday afternoon, riding two home runs from Seiya Suzuki to a 10-2 victory and a sweep of the interleague series.,Suzuki smacked a three-run homer in the second inning, a solo shot in the fourth...
Kyle Tucker, Cubs get final look at A's early in season
Kyle Tucker will get a third and final look this season at what might already be his favorite ballpark Wednesday afternoon when the Chicago Cubs go for a three-game road sweep over the Athletics in West Sacramento, Calif.,Tucker is the early record-holder in several categories at one of Major League...
Cubs outlast Athletics after back-and-forth early innings
Justin Steele carried a lead into the seventh inning, Kyle Tucker and Seiya Suzuki homered, and the Chicago Cubs kept the Athletics winless in their new West Sacramento, Calif., home with a 7-4 victory on Tuesday night.,Tucker scored three times and Suzuki drove in three runs for the Cubs, who opene...
Habs' Nick Suzuki ties game late, beats Panthers in OT
Nick Suzuki scored twice, the tying goal with 8.4 seconds left in regulation and the overtime winner, as the Montreal Canadiens edged the visiting Florida Panthers 3-2 on Tuesday night.,Suzuki beat Vitek Vanecek with a wraparound 29 seconds into the extra period for his 25th of the season as the Can...
A's seek to put blowout loss behind them in rematch with Cubs
Left-hander Justin Steele and righty Luis Severino will attempt to reverse Sutter Health Park's first impression as a hitters' paradise when they duel on the mound Tuesday night in a rematch between the Chicago Cubs and Athletics in West Sacramento, Calif.,Carson Kelly, Michael Busch, Dansby Swanson...
Carson Kelly (cycle), Cubs ruin Athletics' Sacramento opener
Michael Busch christened Sutter Health Park as a major league stadium with a first-inning home run, Carson Kelly hit for the cycle, and the Chicago Cubs spoiled the Athletics' debut at their new home in West Sacramento, Calif., with an 18-3 shellacking on Monday.,Kelly drove in five runs, Busch four...
Sellout crowd awaits as A's make Sacramento debut against Cubs
The Athletics formally begin the home portion of their Sacramento era when they host the Chicago Cubs on Monday night in the first-ever Major League Baseball game in the California capital.,A's right-hander Joey Estes (7-9, 5.01 ERA), a California native, will get the honor of making the game's firs...
8-run eighth inning powers Diamondbacks past Cubs
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit a game-tying two-run homer and Josh Naylor doubled in the go-ahead run, all in an eight-run eighth inning, to lift the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 10-6 victory over the Chicago Cubs in Phoenix on Sunday afternoon.,Kyle Tucker, Seiya Suzuki and Dansby Swanson homered for the Cub...
Cubs look to ride momentum from 'brilliant' play into series win vs. D-backs
The Chicago Cubs consider their instincts and athleticism team strengths, and both came into play on Saturday.,That was evident when Chicago shortstop Dansby Swanson turned Corbin Carroll's infield single into a game-ending out in the Cubs' 4-3 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks, and the Cubs wil...
Kyle Tucker, Matt Shaw power Cubs past Diamondbacks
Kyle Tucker had three hits including his first homer of the season, rookie Matt Shaw hit his first major league homer and the Chicago Cubs held off the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-3 in Phoenix on Saturday.,Tucker's two-run homer off Brandon Pfaadt (0-1) with one out in the fifth inning gave the Cubs a 3-...
Orioles acquire RHP Cody Poteet from Cubs
The Baltimore Orioles acquired pitcher Cody Poteet from the Chicago Cubs in exchange for cash considerations.,The Orioles optioned the right-hander to Triple-A Norfolk.,Poteet was sent to the Cubs this offseason as part of the Cody Bellinger trade. The 30-year-old appeared in five games for the Yank...
With his future secure, Diamondbacks' Brandon Pfaadt takes on Cubs
Arizona right-hander Brandon Pfaadt will make his first start of the 2025 season with the security of a new multi-year contract when the Diamondbacks host the Chicago Cubs on Saturday in Phoenix.,Pfaadt signed a five-year, $45 million contract Friday, again signaling the Diamondbacks' commitment to ...
Eugenio Suarez goes deep twice as D-backs down Cubs
Eugenio Suarez hit a pair of two-run homers, Pavin Smith and Alek Thomas had three hits apiece and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Chicago Cubs 8-1 for their first victory of the season in Phoenix on Friday.,Suarez hit a 438-foot blast in the second inning and a 418-foot shot in the fourth, each t...
Jackson Blake powers Hurricanes past Canadiens
Jackson Blake snapped a scoring drought with a goal and two assists as the Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Montreal Canadiens 4-1 on Friday night at Raleigh, N.C.,Carolina's Taylor Hall and Sebastian Aho scored in a 2 1/2-minute span of the second period. Andrei Svechnikov, who was back after missi...
Three Overrated MLB Teams That Could Struggle to Make the Playoffs
Three MLB teams might be more hype than substance in 2025. Here’s why the Yankees, Mets, and Cubs could struggle to make the playoffs....
D-backs' Merrill Kelly looks to get off on right foot vs. Cubs
Arizona Diamondbacks right-hander Merrill Kelly will oppose Chicago Cubs rightie Jameson Taillon in the second contest of a four-game series in Phoenix on Friday.,Each will be making his first start of the season, although Taillon did get some work overseas in an exhibition game against the Yomiuri ...
Canadiens aim to halt four-game slide vs. Hurricanes
On the surface, there's much more at stake for the Montreal Canadiens than the Carolina Hurricanes during their matchup Friday night in Raleigh, N.C.,The Canadiens are scrambling down the stretch of the regular season to secure a spot in the postseason.,"We need results," Montreal forward Brendan Ga...