After being thwarted by Minnesota starter Sonny Gray, the Chicago Cubs made some big late swings, which the Twins have been lacking lately. The Cubs beat the Twins 6-2 on Friday night thanks to rookie Matt Mervis’ seventh-inning RBI double. “We just kept passing it on,” manager David Ross remarked. Yan Gomes got a go-ahead […]
Patrick Wisdom and Yan Gomes homered to help Justin Steele and the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 10-4 on Wednesday night, ending a three-game losing streak. Steele (6-0) allowed three runs and seven hits in six innings, striking out three and walking three. He and Clayton Kershaw are the only National League six-game […]
The Chicago Cubs defeated the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers 13-0 on Friday, with Drew Smyly pitching a perfect game into the eighth inning while giving up only one hit and striking out 10 batters over 7 2/3 innings. At one point, Smyly (2-1), who defeated the Dodgers on Sunday in Los Angeles, struck out six […]
On Thursday night, the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Chicago Cubs 6-2 with a tiebreaking grand slam by rookie James Outman. Outman’s third-inning home run followed Max Muncy’s eighth of the season for Los Angeles. Dodgers starter Michael Grove pitched three-plus innings of two-run, five-hit ball before leaving with a right groin strain. David Peralta […]
