Chicago Cubs News

Jason Bay hit a one-out homer in the eighth, an inning after Pittsburgh tied it on Ronny Paulino’s double, and the Pirates came back from a two-run deficit to beat the Chicago Cubs 3-2 Monday night. Bay’s homer, an opposite-field shot off Michael Wuertz (0-1) that barely reached the right-field bleachers, was his fourth of […]

Colorado shortstop Troy Tulowitzki was amazed by his good fortune. The Los Angeles Dodgers were just happy to emerge from the longest game in the major leagues this season with a win. Tulowitzki turned an unassisted triple play, and the Rockies beat the Atlanta Braves 9-7 Sunday on Matt Holliday’s two-run homer in the […]

Jacque Jones hit a bases-loaded triple in Chicago’s seven-run fifth and Carlos Zambrano pitched seven innings in the Cubs’ 8-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday. Zambrano (2-2) is unbeaten against the Cardinals in his last eight starts, going 5-0 with a 1.54 ERA (58 2-3 innings) over that stretch.

Jason Marquis beat his old team for the second straight time and Felix Pie hit his first career home run in the Chicago Cubs’ 5-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night. Pie and Aramis Ramirez hit two-run homers in the fourth inning for the Cubs, who have won consecutive games for the […]

Marvin Miller received a surprise backer in his quest to make baseball’s Hall of Fame: commissioner Bud Selig. Miller, who led players to free agency that has produced multimillion-dollar contracts, fell short of election from the Veterans Committee in 2003 and again this year. “The criteria for non-playing personnel is the impact they made on […]

Oft-injured Cubs pitcher Mark Prior will miss the entire 2007 season after surgery on his right shoulder, the biggest setback yet in his once-promising career. The 26-year-old Prior had surgery Tuesday by noted orthopedist Dr. James Andrews in Birmingham, Ala. Andrews also worked on Prior’s rotator cuff.

Manager Lou Piniella will not get any help from righthander Mark Prior this season.

It just gets worse and worse for the Chicago Cubs. Prince Fielder homered for the second straight game, and the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the punchless Cubs 4-1 Tuesday night. Fielder ended a 19-inning scoreless streak for Rich Hill (3-1) with a two-run drive in the fourth, his fifth home run of the season and third […]

Paul Maholm allowed three singles in his first career complete game and Pittsburgh avoided its longest home losing streak to start a season in 109 years, beating Houston 3-0 on Tuesday night. The Pirates, playing only their fifth home game, got their best-pitched game this season from Maholm (1-2), who hadn’t won since Sept.