Chicago Cubs

New York Yankees (81-60, second in the AL East) vs. Chicago Cubs (72-69, second in the NL Central) Chicago; Saturday, 2:20 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Yankees: Clarke Schmidt (0-0); Cubs: Javier Assad (7-4, 3.21 ERA, 1.36 WHIP, 106 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Yankees -142, Cubs +120; over/under is 7 runs BOTTOM LINE: The New York […]

Friday's Scoreboard CFL B.C. 37 Montreal 23 --- NFL Philadelphia 34 Green Bay 29 --- MLB Interleague Atlanta 3 Toronto 1 N.Y. Yankees 3 Chicago Cubs 0 Houston 8 Arizona 0 Seattle 6 St. Louis 1 Cleveland 3 L.A. Dodgers 1 American League Boston 3 Chicago White Sox 1 Baltimore 2 Tampa Bay 0 L.A. Angels 5 Texas 1 Kansas City 5 Minnesota 0 Oakland 7 Detroit 6, 13 innings National League N.Y. Mets 6 Cincinnati 4, 10 innings Philadelphia 16 Miami 2 Seattle 6, St. Louis 1 San Diego 5 San Francisco 1 Colorado 3 Milwaukee 2 Washington at Pittsburgh, postponed --- WNBA Minnesota 99 Indiana 88 Las Vegas 72 Connecticut 67 Atlanta 107 Dallas 96, OT Chicago 92 Los Angeles 78 --- The Canadian Press

CHICAGO — Anthony Rizzo received a hero's welcome in his first trip back to Wrigley Field. It was an emotional and nostalgic day for the veteran first baseman who helped the Cubs win their first World Series championship in 108 years in 2016. In his first time back since being traded to the Yankees in 2021, the Cubs played a tribute video before the game, which was followed by a thunderous ovation and Rizzo's tearing up as he took the field to salute the crowd of 40,101. “Just grateful, amazing,” Rizzo said. “It was a great moment and something I'll remember forever and cherish forever. Obviously all the time here was special, but to be able to come back and share that moment and have Emily,

Clay Holmes is out of the closer's role, at least temporarily, so the Yankees' first ninth inning call went to Luke Weaver, who saved a 3-0 win against the Cubs.

The Yankees paired timely hitting with superb pitching against the Chicago Cubs in their 3-0 win on Friday afternoon to start the weekend series.

Domingo Germán was designated for assignment by the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday in a move that could end the pitcher's stint with the club. Germán, who pitched a perfect game last year, was cut one day after allowing seven runs — six earned — and seven hits over three innings as the Pirates were no-hit by the Chicago Cubs. The 32-year-old right-hander was 0-1 with a 7.84 ERA in seven games for Pittsburgh this season, allowing 17 runs over 8 2/3 innings in his last three appearances.

Chapman is hitting .247 and leads the Giants with 22 homers, 69 RBIs, 90 runs and 33 doubles.

The Giants' bats struggled again as San Francisco dropped its fourth consecutive game in Wednesday's 6-4 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks at Oracle Park.

Rookie Wyatt Langford had three hits, scored three runs and drove in two a night after his game-ending grand slam against the Yankees, and the Texas Rangers beat New York again 10-6 on Wednesday night. Langford made a leaping catch at the top of the left-field wall on Giancarlo Stanton's drive with two on for the final out after the Yankees had trimmed a 10-2 deficit on Trent Grisham's ninth-inning grand slam against Grant Anderson.

A familiar voice to Iowans was on the call for the Chicago Cubs’ no-hitter against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday night.

Imanaga added another sensational effort to his remarkable rookie campaign.

A challenging 24-hour stretch proved to have greater consequences than only in the standings for the Chicago Cubs. After dropping the first two games against the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Cubs placed arguably their most consistent starter and reliever on the 15-day injured list before Wednesday’s series finale. Left-hander Justin Steele went on the IL with left elbow tendinitis while ...

Chicago Cubs had won six in a row -- all on the road -- before losing the first two in its three-game series against Pittsburgh at Wrigley Field