News Category: Chicago Cubs

Astros bring sense of urgency into series vs. Cubs

These are unchartered waters for the Houston Astros, who are off to their worst 23-game start since 2016. After losing nine of their past 12 games, the Astros will look to regroup before opening a three-game series against the host Chicago Cubs on Tuesday. Houston fell to 7-16 after dropping two of three games to the Washington Nationals over the weekend, including a 6-0 defeat on Sunday. The Astros have lost four of the team’s

Cubs veteran Kyle Hendricks has something to prove vs. Marlins

Kyle Hendricks has made some important starts in his 11-year major league career with the Chicago Cubs, but Sunday afternoon might be his biggest outing in a while. Hendricks (0-2, 12.71 ERA) is scheduled to face the visiting Miami Marlins in the finale of a four-game series. The 34-year-old right-hander has endured four straight rough starts to begin the season, and management isn’t hiding its dwindling patience. “Kyle’s performance needs to improve,” Cubs manager Craig

Surging Cubs set for day-night DH vs. struggling Marlins

Chicago Cubs left-hander Shota Imanaga is making the adjustment to the major leagues look easy. Imanaga has yet to allow an earned run in his first 15 1/3 innings, a streak he will attempt to keep alive in Game 2 of Chicago’s day-night doubleheader against the visiting Miami Marlins on Saturday. Chicago has won five of its past six games, while Miami has lost four out of five. A two-time Nippon Professional Baseball All-Star in

Cubs’ Jameson Taillon ready for season debut vs. Marlins

Right-hander Jameson Taillon will hope Chicago feels more like home when he makes his season debut on Thursday in the opener of a four-game set between the Cubs and the visiting Miami Marlins. After a strong season with the New York Yankees in 2022, Taillon signed with Chicago ahead of the 2023 campaign, but he never really found his footing last year. Taillon went 8-10 with a 4.84 ERA in 30 appearances for the Cubs,

Cubs’ Michael Busch in pursuit of record book vs. Diamondbacks

There wasn’t much of a ripple when the Chicago Cubs acquired Michael Busch in a minor trade from the Los Angeles Dodgers in January. But people are noticing now as Busch has put on a power show during his first few weeks with the Cubs. Busch tied the franchise record by hitting homers in five straight games, and the 26-year-old rookie will look to set the mark when Chicago visits the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday

Cubs’ Ben Brown bids to pick up more steam vs. Diamondbacks

The Chicago Cubs and Arizona Diamondbacks enter Monday night’s start of a three-game series in Phoenix coming off of series wins. The Cubs beat the Seattle Mariners in two of three games in Seattle, and the Diamondbacks won two of three contests from the visiting St. Louis Cardinals. Two right-handers will take the mound Monday when Chicago rookie Ben Brown (0-0, 6.10 ERA) squares off against Arizona’s Merrill Kelly (2-0, 2.29). Brown, making his second

Mariners hope offense stays hot vs. Cubs

A getaway road game before tax day might not seem important in the broad scheme of the Major League Baseball season. But for the Seattle Mariners, it did. The Mariners’ moribund offense finally exploded in the 10th inning Wednesday in Toronto as Seattle pulled out a 6-1 victory to snap a three-game losing streak. The Mariners hope that gives them a much-needed boost when they return home Friday night to play host to the Chicago

Padres ride momentum of 8-run rally in rematch vs. Cubs

On Monday night, the Chicago Cubs’ win probability rested at 99 percent when they led the San Diego Padres by eight runs entering the bottom of the sixth inning. But San Diego signed up for all 27 outs, so it continued to play on. The Padres scored seven runs in the sixth and Fernando Tatis Jr. drilled a two-run homer in the eighth in a 9-8 win. The Cubs will try to bounce back from

Padres’ Ha-Seong Kim aims to put bad day behind him vs. Cubs

San Diego Padres manager Mike Shildt said he’ll trust shortstop Ha-Seong Kim any day of the week defensively. But one of the best fielders in the major leagues had an off-game that might have cost his team a series win Sunday. Kim’s first two errors of the year led to three unearned runs and a 3-2 loss at San Francisco. Kim and San Diego will hope for a better result Monday night when the Chicago