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• Cub Tracks’ silence on a wet afternoon

Matt Marton-Imagn Images The #1 source for #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes. Paul Skenes was Paul Skenes. Isaiah Kiner-Falefa had a good day. Better luck today. The going is weird. Cub Tracks™ turned pro a long time ago. Cub Tracks™. Where the great ones run away. Well, that was the game that the Cubs were most likely to lose. And they did, though in truth they had plenty of chances. ...2025
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• Pirates 2, Cubs 1: A pitcher’s duel gone wrong

Matt Marton-Imagn Images Cade Horton outpitched Paul Skenes, but the Cubs lost anyway. Let’s try to look at the Cubs’ 2-1 loss to the Pirates in 10 innings Friday this way: If there was one game in this series they might have been destined to lose, it was the game where Paul Skenes started for Pittsburgh. On the other hand, the Cubs did have four hits off Skenes and got him out of the game...2025
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Pittsburgh Pirates preview, Friday 6/13, 1:20 CT

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Cubs go for two in a row over the Bucs. Friday notes... FRIDAY, NOT UNDER THE LIGHTS: This is the Cubs’ sixth Friday afternoon home game of the season. They won the first four before losing to the Reds on May 30. Since Aug. 8, 1988, when the lights were turned on at Wrigley Field, the Cubs are 253-204-1 in Friday day games, a winning pe...2025
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• Cubs 3, Pirates 2: Seiya Suzuki and Pete Crow-Armstrong go deep

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Cubs got some solid pitching and enough home runs to win. The wind was blowing in at Wrigley Field yet again Thursday evening, as it has seemingly for pretty much every home game this year. That didn’t matter to Pete Crow-Armstrong and Seiya Suzuki, who both launched baseballs into the bleachers. Suzuki’s homer wound up the difference in ...2025
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Pittsburgh Pirates preview, Thursday 6/12, 7:05 CT

Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images The Cubs open a four-game set against a division rival. Thursday notes... CUBS vs. PIRATES AT WRIGLEY: Since 2015, the Cubs are 52-29 at home against the Pirates. They have outscored them by 149 runs, 1.83 per game; made 108 more hits; and hit 21 more home runs. The Cubs’ slash line in the games is .274/.356/.450, for an OPS of .807. The Pirates’ is .2...2025
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• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Pirates series preview

David Frerker-Imagn Images The Cubs welcome an NL Central rival to Wrigley Field for just the second time this year. When the Cubs last played the Pirates, taking two of three in PNC Park in April, Derek Shelton was their manager. About a week after that series, Shelton was fired and replaced by bench coach Don Kelly. So that’s something new since these teams last met. For more on the Pira...2025
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Philadelphia Phillies preview, Monday 6/9, 5:45 CT

Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images The Cubs open a three-game series at Citizens Bank Park. Monday notes... RISPy BUSINESS: The Cubs made only two hits with runners in scoring position in their three games at Detroit. Their previous low in a three-game series this year was four, at San Diego. They had five at New York vs. the Mets, six at home vs. the Marlins and Rockies, and seven at home...2025
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• Cub Tracks has no need to fear

Lon Horwedel-Imagn Images The #1 source for #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes. Cubs lost a close one as the Tigers hit the ball just a bit further than the Cubs did. A win today would assuage doubts? The going is weird. Cub Tracks™ turned pro a long time ago. Cub Tracks™. Where the great ones run away. Weird to be the underdog, but there you go. The team with the second-best reco...2025
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• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Tigers series preview

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images A matchup between the two Central division leaders. DETROIT — Yes, I’m in the Motor City for this series. First time I’ve seen the Cubs at Comerica Park since 2001, and an important series for both teams. As you likely know, BCB’s Ashley MacLennan also writes about the Tigers at our SB Nation Tigers site Bless You Boys. Here’s Ashley with some info on t...2025
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• Washington Nationals vs Chicago Cubs Game Thread

Geoff Burke-Imagn Images Follow along as the Nationals look to take the series against the Cubs The Nationals evened up the series against the Cubs thanks to a MacKenzie Gore masterclass and some timely hitting. Now they will look to take another series. The Nats are getting closer and closer to that elusive .500 mark. Jake Irvin will take the mound for the Nats. He was roughed up in his l...2025
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• Cub Tracks dials 0

Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images The #1 source for #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes. That was a sad game to lose. The Cubs shouldn’t have. Better luck today! The going is weird. Cub Tracks™ turned pro a long time ago. Cub Tracks™. Where the great ones run away. Matthew Boyd and MacKenzie Gore hooked up in a battle of the southpaws that was over after the top of the first, when the Cu...2025
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• Washington Nationals vs Chicago Cubs 6/4 Game Thread

MLB The Nats look to even the series against the best club in the National League, the Chicago Cubs The Nationals look to bounce back after a rough 8-3 loss last night to the red-hot Chicago Cubs, who, after winning 3 in a row and 8 of their last 10, sit atop the National League with a 38-22 record. Starter Trevor Williams only made it 4 1⁄3 innings, giving up 5 runs on 5 hits with one wal...2025
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Washington Nationals preview, Wednesday 6/4, 5:45 CT

Brad Mills-Imagn Images The Cubs go for the series win in Washington. Wednesday notes... STREAKING: The Cubs are 15-4 in their last 19 games. Since 2000, they have been better only in seven spans of 16-3: two that overlapped in 2015 and five, four overlapping, in 2016. They were last 15-4 from July 18-Aug. 6, 2023. They also had 15-4 spans Sept. 12-Oct. 2, 2022, and May 14-June 2, 2021. ...2025
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• Washington Nationals vs Chicago Cubs Game Thread

Allan Henry-Imagn Images Follow along as the Nationals take on a surging Chicago Cubs squad The Nationals are finally home after a successful west coast trip which saw them secure two series wins. Now they come home to face a Cubs team with an impressive 37-22 record. Nationals pitchers will have to be at their best to combat this dangerous and deep Cubs lineup. The first pitcher that will...2025
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• Cub Tracks’ Capital offense

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The #1 source for #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes. Monday was an off day. The bats should be ready for DC. The going is weird. Cub Tracks™ turned pro a long time ago. Cub Tracks™. Where the great ones run away. Monday was an off day. The Cubs will face the Nationals tonight as they begin a series in the capital. Currently our favo...2025
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• Cubs 7, Reds 3: A fine helping of meatloaf

David Banks-Imagn Images The Cubs won the series behind good pitching from Jameson Taillon, three hits from Pete Crow-Armstrong, and a Michael Busch home run. After dropping the first game of this series to the Reds and looking kind of flat doing it, the Cubs won Saturday behind stellar pitching, and then took the offensive tack on Sunday, with a varied attack that included 10 hits, a coup...2025
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• Hanshin Tigers 3, Cubs 0: Welcome to Japan, Cubs fans!

Photo by Masterpress/Getty Images The Cubs offense was mostly silent in this exhibition game. But there were lots of other things to see and do in Tokyo. TOKYO — The Cubs took the field at the Tokyo Dome Saturday afternoon (Japan time) against the Hanshin Tigers and fell flat. The Tigers’ top prospect, 20-year-old lefthander Keito Mombetsu threw five perfect innings against Cubs hitters, l...2025
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• Cubs 7, Blue Jays 5: At last, a win in Canada
Photo by Mark Blinch/Getty Images The Cubs ended a 14-year losing streak north of the border. TORONTO — It required six relievers (seven, if you count Luke Farrell on what was a bullpen day) and some timely hitting, but Wednesday night the Cubs ended a losing streak in Canada that had lasted more than 14 years. Sure, it was only a five-game Canadian losing streak (three in 2014, the first ...2022
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Pittsburgh Pirates preview, Friday 6/13, 1:20 CT
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• Minor League Wrap: Tyler Schlaffer and South Bend shut out Ft. Wayne, 5-0

Tyler Schlaffer | MICHAEL CLUBB/SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images South Bend shuts out Ft. Wayne. Iowa and Myrtle Beach also win. The Cubs signed catcher Sammy Sass and assigned him to the Myrtle Beach Pelicans. Sass last played for Wright State in 2024. Right-hander Tyson Miller has cleared waivers and has been assigned to the Iowa Cubs. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs br...2025
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Philadelphia Phillies preview, Tuesday 6/10, 5:45 CT

Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images The Cubs look to even up their series in Philadelphia. Tuesday notes... NOT STREAKING: The Cubs have lost three consecutive games just once, at home against the Giants on May 6-7, then at New York vs. the Mets on May 9. The Mets are the only other team with a lone streak of at least three losses. The Astros, Cardinals, Padres, Royals, Tigers and Yankee...2025
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• Cub Tracks’ bearded in the Phillies’ lair

Kyle Ross-Imagn Images The #1 source for #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes. The Cubs let this one slip away but they play again tonight and it can get better. The going is weird. Cub Tracks™ turned pro a long time ago. Cub Tracks™. Where the great ones run away. Matthew Boyd and Zack Wheeler hooked up in a battle of veterans who peaked post-30, and the results were much as expected. L...2025
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Detroit Tigers preview, Saturday 6/7, 12:10 CT

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images The Cubs look to even up their series in Detroit. DETROIT — Saturday notes... ALMOST FAMOUS: The Cubs had a chance Friday night to tie their record for the earliest date on which they won their 40th game. They were 40-16 after winning on June 6, 2016. A 40th win today will come on the second earliest date. The Cubs were 40-24 after winning on June 8, ...2025
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• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Tigers series preview
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• Cub Tracks dials 0
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• The Short Porch is thinking about Pete Crow-Armstrong and pitchouts

PCA runs to third base during Tuesday night’s game | Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images The Cubs centerfielder continues to put pressure on teams when he’s on the bases. If you are a fan of checking out leaderboards, have I got some leaderboards for you. Entering play today, 60 games into the season, your WAR leader in the National League is Pete Crow-Armstrong. That’s true whether you’...2025
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• Cub Tracks’ Capital offense
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Pittsburgh Pirates preview, Friday 6/13, 1:20 CT
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• Cubs 3, Pirates 2: Seiya Suzuki and Pete Crow-Armstrong go deep
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Pittsburgh Pirates preview, Thursday 6/12, 7:05 CT
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• Phillies 7, Cubs 2: Back to the drawing board for Ben Brown

Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images The Cubs’ road trip ended on a sour note. After Ben Brown’s last two excellent outings, one with an opener and one without, there were high hopes for him to continue along those lines. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen Wednesday afternoon in Philadelphia. Brown was touched up for three runs in the first inning and the Phillies cruised to a 7-2 win over t...2025
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• Tigers 3, Cubs 1: Give it away, give it away, give it away now

Lon Horwedel-Imagn Images The Cubs could have, and possibly should have, won this game. DETROIT — If you can’t quite place the song I took this recap’s headline from, here it is: The Cubs lost the series opener to the Tigers 3-1 in front of a raucous crowd that made Friday evening feel like a postseason game. (And wouldn’t it be great to see these two teams in this year’s World Series?) B...2025
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• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Nationals series preview

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images The Cubs face a team from the NL East. The last time the Cubs played in Washington, they swept a three-game series, the last three of a six-game winning streak last August. All three Cubs starting pitchers from that series are now on various injured lists: Shōta Imanaga, Javier Assad and Jordan Wicks. And yet, the Cubs are one of the hottest teams in bas...2025
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• Cubs 7, Reds 3: A fine helping of meatloaf
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• Minor League Wrap: Jonny Long goes long x2 in Iowa win

Jonathon Long | Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images Four home runs power Iowa to victory. Knoxville scores three runs after two were out in the bottom of the ninth for a comeback win. Catcher David Avitia retired. He played six games with Myrtle Beach and three with South Bend this year. His brother Daniel, a right-handed pitcher, is with Mesa but is out for the season with an ...2025
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• Cub Tracks’ silence on a wet afternoon
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• Cub Tracks’ the less said, the better

Lon Horwedel-Imagn Images The #1 source for #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes. Ben Brown’s early woes resurface and the meatloaf stays in Philadelphia. The going is weird. Cub Tracks™ turned pro a long time ago. Cub Tracks™. Where the great ones run away. So, is it cheese steak loaf, ham loaf, or scrapple? Arg. End of a long road trip. Ben Brown was overamped again and his first-innin...2025
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• Minor League Wrap: Tyler Schlaffer and South Bend shut out Ft. Wayne, 5-0
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• Cub Tracks has no need to fear
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• Cub Tracks’ Brown outs

Matt Marton-Imagn Images The #1 source for #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes. The Cubs go for the meatloaf today after Brown’s excellent outing, where he was aided by a spotless bullpen. The going is weird. Cub Tracks™ turned pro a long time ago. Cub Tracks™. Where the great ones run away. A victory straight out of the old school. Ben Brown did okay, huh? I mean, a whole hit in six fu...2025
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• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Rockies series preview

The Rockies seem like a team that needs hugs | Photo by Casey Paul/MLB Photos via Getty Images Well, this ought to be interesting. I’ve been telling people for a few weeks that the Rockies would get to Wrigley Field with fewer than 10 wins. By losing their series finale to the Yankees at home Sunday, they accomplished that — they’re 9-44. Also, that Sunday series finale had a rain delay of...2025
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• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Reds series preview

Photo by Kate Woolson/Cincinnati Reds/Getty Images A divisional matchup for the weekend. The Reds were hanging around second place in the NL Central, behind the Cubs, until an early May stretch where they lost nine of 11 dropped them into third. A five-game winning streak got them hot again, until they dropped the last two of a three-game series to the Pirates in Pittsburgh. For more on th...2025
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• Cub Tracks’ Boyd by his success

Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images The #1 source for #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes. Matthew Boyd has been a good pickup for the Cubs, to say the least. WELCOME to today’s edition of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated, steeped in writers’ tears, and then cold-brewed ov...2025
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• Cub Tracks clears the runway

Photo by Geoff Stellfox/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes. Cubs put a hurt on their crosstown rivals as PCA had a giant day and Cade Horton earns another win. WELCOME to today’s edition of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated, steeped in writers’ tears, and...2025
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• Mark Grace and Shawon Dunston will be inducted into the Cubs Hall of Fame next month

Mark Grace and Shawon Dunston in 1997 | VINCENT LAFORET/AFP via Getty Images They’ll be honored at Wrigley Field September 8-10. Cubs greats Mark Grace and Shawon Dunston were announced as the 2023 Cubs Hall of Fame inductees at last January’s Cubs Convention. Today, the team announced that these two popular former Cubs will be honored at Wrigley Field the weekend of September 8-10, when t...2023
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• Cubs 3, Brewers 2: The comeback Cubs do it again

Mike Tauchman scores the eventual winning run in the eighth inning Wednesday afternoon | Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports This game had just about everything, and the best part: A Cubs win! Wednesday’s game at Wrigley Field reminded me why I love baseball so much. Gorgeous weather. Meaningful baseball between two rivals for a playoff spot. Back-and-forth, great pitching, lousy pitching, good f...2023
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• Cubs 11, Dodgers 10: This team never quits!

Matt Marton-Imagn Images The Cubs won their second bonkers game of this homestand. The Cubs were behind... and then, suddenly, they weren’t. And then they built a nice lead... and then, blew it and wound up behind in the late innings. Then, just as they did in Friday’s crazy game at Wrigley Field, this Cubs team came back. They forced extra innings and Ian Happ’s 10th-inning single complet...2025
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• Cubs 6, Tigers 4: The never-quit Cubs pull one out

Rick Osentoski-USA TODAY Sports After a devastating grand slam tied things up, the Cubs got to work and came out on top. All’s well that ends well, and the Cubs ended this series well with a 6-4 win over the Tigers, but I’ll ask you the question, and you can vote in the poll. After Jameson Taillon loaded the bases in the sixth inning, then retired the next two hitters, would you have taken...2023
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• Cubs 6, White Sox 2: Sweep!

Photo by Griffin Quinn/Getty Images The Cubs got timely hitting, solid pitching and good defense and swept the South Siders. Perhaps now, the Cubs will go on a long winning streak, like the Cardinals and Twins have already this year. The Cubs defeated the White Sox 6-2 on a beautiful, if a bit chilly, May afternoon at Wrigley Field. That gave them a sweep of the three-game series and a 5-1...2025
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• Cubs 10, Red Sox 4: Cody Bellinger is en fuego!
Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images The Cubs brought out the long ball — and a lot more hits — and evened up the series. There is nothing that says more about what the Chicago Cubs should do going forward than what happened in their 10-4 win over the Red Sox Saturday. Cody Bellinger, who has now homered five times in his last six games, hit a grand slam to cap a six-run inning. Marcus Strom...2023
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• Cubs 9, Rangers 6: Seven in a row!
Edwin Rios | Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs have been on a winning tear in the Cactus League. Adrian Sampson and the Cubs did not start this game well, trailing 6-2 after just three innings. But a few of the sub Cubs had nice days at the plate and that resulted in a 9-6 Cubs win over the Rangers, the team’s seventh straight victory. Wins and losses, obviously, mean nothing in Sp...2023
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• Cubs 5, Rockies 4: The cardiac Cubs come back

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images A ninth-inning rally put this one in the win column. You asked for meaningful baseball in September and by gum, you have got it. Now let’s hope we all survive it. The Cubs fashioned an early lead, got good starting pitching, then the bullpen blew that lead. But then the team put together a stirring ninth-inning rally and held on — barely — for a 5-4 wi...2023
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• Pirates 2, Cubs 1: A pitcher’s duel gone wrong
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Pittsburgh Pirates preview, Friday 6/13, 1:20 CT
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• Cub Tracks’ the less said, the better
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• Phillies 7, Cubs 2: Back to the drawing board for Ben Brown
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Philadelphia Phillies preview, Wednesday 6/11, 12:05 CT

Photo by Emilee Chinn/Getty Images The Cubs go for the series win. Wednesday notes... SEE YOU NEXT YEAR (OR MAYBE IN OCTOBER): Today’s game will be the last of the regular season between the Cubs and Phillies. June 11 will be the fourth-earliest date they have met for the final time in a full season. The rivalry began in 1883. The earliest by far was on April 18, 2001, when they met in a...2025
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• Cubs 8, Phillies 4: Ian Happ’s two homers lead a long-ball barrage

Photo by Gregory Fisher/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Cubs homered four times and evened up the series. Ian Happ appears to be starting one of his patented hot streaks. After a home run in Monday’s loss, Happ went deep twice Tuesday in Philadelphia. That, along with long balls from Dansby Swanson and Michael Busch, helped the Cubs to an 8-4 win over the Phillies Tuesday evening. The...2025
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Philadelphia Phillies preview, Tuesday 6/10, 5:45 CT
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• Cub Tracks’ bearded in the Phillies’ lair
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• Washington Nationals vs Chicago Cubs 6/4 Game Thread
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• Cubs 6, White Sox 2: Sweep!
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• Game Thread: White Sox at Cubs

Shane Smith and his 2.08 season ERA looks to shut down the North Siders Friday afternoon. | Abigail Dean/Getty Images Chicago kicks off the Crosstown Classic with Shane Smith on the mound looking to snap the South Side losing streak MLB has launched its very first “Rivalry Weekend,” where typical City rivals will face off all on the same weekend, and when you’re done rolling your eyes what...2025
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• The Short Porch: The new Pope is a Cubs fan

White smoke rises from the Vatican on Thursday | Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images White smoke flew over the Vatican today as a Chicagoan was named the first American Pope It’s a historic day in the Vatican as Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected the Pope by the Conclave who have been sequestered in the Sistine Chapel since yesterday. Prevost took the name Pope Leo XIV, which is presumed to...2025
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• Cubs 10, Athletics 2: Sweep!

Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images The Cubs had themselves some fun in Sacramento. During the Cubs’ 10-2 demolition of the Athletics Wednesday afternoon, I got a text from a friend of mine: “Maybe the Cubs should move to Sacramento.” Well, of course that’s a silly notion, but the Cubs sure seemed to enjoy hitting in Sutter Health Park, where they smashed eight home runs and outscor...2025
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• Cubs 4, Diamondbacks 3: You keep me hangin’ on

Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images The Cubs had another shaky ninth inning, but a great play by Dansby Swanson nailed down the win. I’m gonna make a little teeny tiny suggestion here. Maybe it’s not such a great idea for the Cubs to keep signing former Astros relief pitchers. We went through a roller-coaster ride with Hector Neris last year until he was let go, and the Ryan Pressly Era hasn’t begun...2025
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• Cub Tracks’ spring training speed bump

Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. The Cubs dropped another game, and the regulars played very little. Domestic Opening Day looms. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overhe...2025
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• Cub Tracks returns to form

Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. The Cubs dropped one at Sloan Park, thanks in part to Michael King’s good pitching and their quiet bats. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, ov...2025
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• Dodgers 6, Cubs 3: Let’s have an overreaction party!

Photo by Masterpress/Getty Images As a Dodgers official I rode down in an elevator with after the game said, “It’s just two games.” TOKYO — You could look at it the way I noted below the headline. Or you could look at the Cubs’ 6-3 loss to the Dodgers at the Tokyo Dome, a sweep the Dodgers completed without two of their best players (Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman) and utterly panic as t...2025
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