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Designated hitter Ryan McBroom and catcher MJ Melendez hit back-to-back home runs in the eighth inning to tie the game, but the Iowa Cubs scored one in the ninth to edge the Omaha Storm Chasers, 5-4, on Friday at Werner Park. Trailing, 4-1, in the bottom of

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Well, there was no ninth inning comeback in St. Louis tonight, as the Cubs fell to the Cardinals 3-2, dropping three of four in St. Louis, while moving to three games under .500 for the first time since May 4th. Adbert Alzolay didn’t have his best stuff tonight and he struggled with some of the same old problems (too many homers, issues with lefties), but he was able to get through 6.0 innings of work while keeping the Cubs in the game (3 earned runs). And although the final line reads 8 stri...

Kim earns fifth straight win on birthday, Cards beat Cubs Kwang Hyun-Kim earned his fifth straight win on his 34th birthday and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 3-2 Thursday night. The Canadian Press Kwang Hyun-Kim , The Canadian Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Kwang Hyun-Kim earned his fifth straight win on his 33rd birthday and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 3-2 Thursday night. Nolan Arenado and Dylan Carlson homered as the Car...

Cubs roster move: Dillon Maples activated from injured list, Kyle Ryan optioned Share this story Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images Cubs righthander Dillon Maples was placed on the 10-day injured list June 16 (retroactive to June 15) with a right triceps strain. In seven rehab outings with Triple-A Iowa from June 26-July 17, Maples walked eight, struck out 11, limited hitters to a .182 BA and a .554 OPS to go along with a 3.72 ERA (four earned runs in 9⅔ innings). Today, Maples was ac...

At long last, Dillon Maples is back. That probably doesn’t hearten everyone here, but I’m eager to see him back with the big league Cubs for a variety of reasons. Kyle Ryan is being optioned back to Triple-A Iowa to make room for Maples, who is being activated off the IL. He had a triceps strain, from which he was able to pitch relatively quickly at Iowa, but the Cubs were content to let his rehab stint run its full course. With Iowa, Maples threw 9.2 innings over 7 appearances, posting a 3...

Dillon Maples from the 10-day injured list before Monday’s 8-3 loss to the Cardinals. Maples had been on the IL since June 16 with a strained right triceps. He has a 1.99 ERA with 32 strikeouts and 14 walks in 18 appearances. He tossed a scoreless inning in the loss. In a corresponding move, the Cubs optioned left-hander Kyle Ryan to Triple-A Iowa. Ryan has an 8.31 ERA in five appearances with the Cubs this season. ‘‘[Maples] is throwing well,’’ manager David Ross said. ‘‘He ...

Hoerner has a .338/.405/.432 slash line in 21 games. “It’s been moving along nicely for him the last couple of days,” manager David Ross said before the game. “All these guys, Trevor, Steele, [ David] Bote’s not far behind. I think he’ll be any day now. Guys are starting to kind of turn that corner right here before the All-Star break. “So it’d be nice to see these guys get some games under their belt, get them healthy, get them back in the lineup and then still have some d...

Pederson, who played with the Dodgers in 2014-20, received a video tribute along with his World Series ring Thursday.

NEW YORK — Kris Bryant sat out the Cubs’ game Wednesday against Jacob deGrom and the Mets because of a bruised right thumb. He was hit in the thumb by a fastball during his first at-bat of the Cubs’ 3-2 loss Tuesday. While X-rays were negative, the Cubs obviously will be cautious with Bryant because he has meant everything to their offense this season, slashing .292/.374/.544 with 13 home runs and 38 RBI. ‘‘KB’s better,’’ manager David Ross said. ‘‘He felt better this ...