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The Cubs go for their second straight over the Reds.

Back-to-back home runs are relatively rare. The Cubs have played 21,809 regular-season games since 1876, first year of the National League. They have hit back-to-back homers 363 times, including...

The 3 home runs hit by Josh Rojas of the Diamondbacks at Wrigley Field on Friday afternoon extended a peculiar streak. At least 1 player has homered 3 times in a game against the Cubs for 6 s...

6/8/2010: It is a well-known fact that the great black pitcher Satchel Paige played for the Bismarck semi-professional baseball team in 1933 and in 1935. What might not be known is that Paige's highest strike-out total for a single game in those two seasons was twenty, in a nine-inning game against the Beulah Miners ballclub on August 18, 1933. Bismarck won 8-0, and Paige gave up just three hits - two singles and a double - and did not allow a single base-on-balls.

Patrick Wisdom recently became the 374th player to reach 500 plate appearances as a Cub. He is the 343rd non-pitcher. They average 1,894 PA. Ernie Banks had the most, 10,396, followed by Cap...

Since joining the Cubs last season, Frank Schwindel has come to the plate twice in the ninth inning with the bases loaded and 2 outs. On April 24, at Atlanta, he struck out. On Tuesday, at San...

Today, May 9, is the 29th anniversary of the last cycle by a Cubs hitter: Mark Grace. On this date in 1993, as today, the Cubs' opponent was the Padres. But the game was in Chicago, not at San...

Today, April 22, is the 100th anniversary of the first game of Major League Baseball's Modern Era in which a player hit 3 home runs. At Sportsman's Park in St. Louis, Ken Williams homered in the...

Backed by a contract extension, the Guardians' third baseman is off to a sizzling start.

Dom Viccari is being remembered by family and friends for his generosity and dedication to his family and community in his life.