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Cubs lose to Rays, fall inches short of sweeping best team in baseball

The series win represented a bounce back for the Cubs, who were swept by the Reds over the weekend.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 31, 2023

A June assignment for all the Cubs: Just go ahead and be like Marcus Stroman

No one on the team has more confidence — or fun — than Stroman, the undersized right-hander who sometimes looks like a kid out there.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 31, 2023

Cubs’ Justin Steele leaves start vs. Rays with left forearm tightness

Steele retired all nine batters he faced in the Cubs’ 4-3 loss.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 31, 2023

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Kyle Hendricks feeling ‘much more like myself’ in Cubs’ 2-1 win vs. Rays

Before the game Tuesday, the Cubs recalled Hayden Wesneski and optioned reliever Michael Rucker.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 31, 2023

The Cubs have problems, but David Ross isn’t one

Fans are understandably running out of patience, but the manager isn’t necessarily the villain of the season.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 30, 2023

Local boy makes good: Mike Tauchman’s sacrifice fly accounts for only run of game

Tauchman, a veteran from Palatine and Fremd High School, is hitting .308 (8-for-26) in 10 games since being called up from Triple-A Iowa.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 30, 2023

Recent stretch of homers in five games in row a good sign for Cubs’ Christopher Morel

The overall trend has been that homer streaks of at least five games have gone hand-in-hand with staying power.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 29, 2023

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Marcus Stroman’s one-hit masterpiece leads Cubs past Rays 1-0

The veteran right-hander no-hit the Rays — the best-hitting team in the majors — for six innings in a command performance that halted the Cubs’ four-game losing streak.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 29, 2023

Reliever Codi Heuer ‘seems to be getting better every single day’

Heuer has been working his way back from Tommy John surgery at Triple-A Iowa.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 29, 2023

Cubs’ latest loss completes three-game sweep at hands of Reds

If good teams find different ways to win, then the bad ones find different ways to lose — and the Cubs find themselves square in the latter category right now.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 29, 2023

Northwestern lacrosse’s crowning glory comes with smiles, tears and total domination

There are great college teams, then there’s this pre-eminent one that outscored its final three NCAA tournament opponents by an astonishing 30-goal margin.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 28, 2023

More of the same for Jameson Taillon as Cubs sink to last place in NL Central

Signed to a four-year, $68 million free-agent contract in the offseason, Taillon failed to last five innings for the fifth time in a row as the Cubs lost their third straight.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 28, 2023

David Ross on Cubs: ‘We’re not where we want to be, yet’

There isn’t only one culprit for the downturn that has the Cubs last in the underwhelming National League Central.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 27, 2023

Polling Place: Who’s the NBA’s best big man? And should sports stars ‘stick to sports’?

We also asked respondents to pick their career horse among a quartet of 25-and-under Cubs and White Sox players.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 27, 2023

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Chicago Sun-Times · May 27, 2023

Baseball quiz: The over/under edition

There are lots of ways to bet on baseball. Let’s use the one that gives you a 50-50 chance of being right.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 26, 2023

If big-league hitting is a puzzle, Cubs’ Matt Mervis figures he has the smarts to solve it

Hunkered at a clubhouse table with pen and paper, stroking his chin, the rookie looked as much like a retiree in a coffee shop as he did a lefty slugger with easy Sheffield Avenue power.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 26, 2023

Justin Steele falters, Cubs offense vanishes in 9-0 loss to Reds

After Hunter Greene — who came in 0-4 with 4.68 ERA — pitched six no-hit innings, the Cubs didn’t get their first hit until Christopher Morel’s single off reliever Eduardo Salazar leading off the eighth inning. The Cubs were out-hit 19-2.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 26, 2023

Cubs’ Christopher Morel breaks up no-hit bid by Reds at Wrigley Field

Reds starter Hunter Greene dominated during his six innings.

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Tribune News Service · May 26, 2023

Pete Alonso hits 19th homer of the season, Mets score 10 runs in rout over Cubs

CHICAGO — Pete Alonso blasted his 19th home run of the season Thursday night at Wrigley Field to keep his 60-homer pace alive, but the Mets had won the game long before that.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 26, 2023

Cubs’ Kyle Hendricks makes season debut after long shoulder injury

Hendricks’ results Thursday weren’t great. He allowed five runs, three earned, in 4 ⅓ innings. But he showed flashes of what has made him great in the past.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 25, 2023

Cubs reliever Nick Burdi’s timeline to return from appendectomy becoming clearer

Notes: Cubs third baseman Nick Madrigal was optioned to Triple-A to make room on the roster for right-hander Kyle Hendricks.

Chicago Tribune · May 25, 2023

Paul Sullivan: Are the Chicago White Sox back in business in baseball’s most forgiving division?

Major League Baseball expanded its postseason from 10 to 12 teams last year with the addition of a third wild-card entrant in each league, then adopted a 2023 schedule in which every team plays at least one series against all 29 other teams.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 25, 2023

Police searching for former Cubs prospect in connection with fatal shooting in Dominican Republic

The Cubs released Josefrailin Alcántara after authorities notified them of the investigation.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 25, 2023

Marcus Stroman’s efficiency carries Cubs to second straight victory against Mets

Notes: Right-hander Kyle Hendricks will start Thursday, manager David Ross announced after the game.

Tribune News Service · May 25, 2023

Kodai Senga settles down but Mets fall to Cubs, 4-2

CHICAGO — Francisco Alvarez did all he could to will his club to a victory Wednesday night at Wrigley Field going 2 for 3 with a two-run homer off former Mets right-hander Marcus Stroman. But the Mets’ bats were as cold as the nearly 20-mph winds blowing in from Lake…

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