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Tigers 9, Cubs 8: Opposite day Share this story Rick Osentoski-USA TODAY Sports This recap should have been headlined “The Matt Duffy game” and sung the praises of the guy Jed Hoyer signed for just $1 million. Duffy went 3-for-5, smacked a three-run homer and matched a career high with five RBI, and it all went for nothing when the Cubs lost to the Tigers 9-8 in 10 innings. I’ll just get this out of the way right now, too — we gotta kill that placed runner rule with fire. If you have to have it, at least play through the 12th inning without it, then use it if the game goes to the 13th...

The Cubs go for two straight in Detroit.

Chicago Cubs vs. Pittsburgh Pirates preview, Sunday 5/9, 1:20 CT Share this story Sunday notes... IT’S BEEN A WHILE: The Cubs go for a homestand sweep this afternoon. The last time a Cubs team swept an entire homestand of six games or longer was August 6-13, 2015, when they did it in a seven-game homestand, a four-game sweep of the Giants followed by a three-game sweep of the Brewers. HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Cubs reliever Dillon Maples turns 29 today. STARTING SOMETHING: Through the five four games of this homestand, Cubs starting pitchers have posted a 1.69 ERA (five earned runs in 26⅔ innings) ...

Does David Bote know how to walk a game off or WHAT?! After a roller coaster affair that had me writing (and re-writing (and re-re-writing)) this enhanced box score many times over, the Chicago Cubs came out on top, sweeping the double-header, and guaranteeing just their third series win of the year. Against the Dodgers, no less. Javy Baez brought us into extra, extra-innings with a monster two-run shot, and David Bote (would it be anyone else?) walked us off. Again. Ah. What an absolutely great ending to the night. NOW. For the rest of it. Could Kris Bryant (and the rest of the Cubs offense)...

2021 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Games 29 and 30 Share this story Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports Statisticians will continue to tell us that clutch isn’t a thing. Well, let me say that isn’t right. Obviously, in every sport we see clutch performances. Be it a superstar or just an ordinary guy on the team, sometimes they rise above the moment and come through spectacularly at exactly the right time. We canonize those people. No one can ever forget Michael Jordan’s shot against the Cavaliers. Or the one against the Jazz. Or Tiger Woods’ long put to win a major. In the sport that’s near...