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Nico Hoerner and Craig Counsell were both ejected in the fifth inning for arguing a questionable called third strike. That pretty much summed up a bad day for the Cubs, who lost 4-0 on Sunday at Detroit.
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The Cubs’ Kyle Tucker has helped lift the team to a new level this season.
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The Cubs clubbed 5 home runs, two by Seiya Suzuki in a 6-1 victory over Detroit on Saturday, evening the series at 1-1.
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The Cubs always saw Matt Shaw as the best-case solution to their hole at third. Whether he could actually produce was the only question worth asking. From the time Shaw was sent to the minors on April 14 to when he arrived back on May 19, Cubs third basemen posted a 38 wRC+ with just four doubles in 105 plate appearances.
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Cubs pitcher Ben Brown certainly held his own Friday against Detroit’s reigning Cy Young winner, Tarik Skubal. Can Brown stay at that level?
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A battle of teams with the two best records in MLB ended with Detroit edging the Cubs 3-1 on Friday. A few mistakes by the Cubs made the difference.
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Ian Happ homered and drove in four runs on three hits, Pete Crow-Armstrong added his team-leading 16th home run and Chicago Cubs beat Washington Nationals 7-1 to earn their seventh consecutive series victory. Colin Rea (4-2) allowed five hits over 5⅓ scoreless innings after opener Drew Pomeranz completed a clean first as the Cubs won the rubber game and their 16th of 21 overall.
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MacKenzie Gore pitched seven innings of three-hit ball and Amed Rosario homered to break a scoreless tie in the seventh as the Washington Nationals beat the Cubs 2-0. Nasim Nuñez added an RBI double in the eighth to chase Cubs starter Matthew Boyd, who carried a perfect game into the sixth before walking Nuñez with one out and then giving up a two-out single to rookie Robert Hassell III.
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Seiya Suzuki has grown to become very much a part of the Cubs clubhouse’s social fabric, the inside jokes and silly celebrations that get amplified when a team is in first place.
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WASHINGTON — Michael Busch hit his ninth homer of the season, drove in three runs and finished a double shy of the cycle to help the Cubs to a 8-3 victory over the Washin...
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