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Cubs come up short in Cleveland

Good Oakland A’s fans almost got treated to a no-hitter on Friday, as Sean Manaea carried one into the 8th inning against the Tampa Bay Rays. Unfortunately it was broken up by Mike Brosseau, Manaea’s former high school teammate. Meanwhile, elsewhere in the majors that same night, another lefty starter was making a similar bid and managed to finish it off. Wade Miley threw a no-hitter for the Cincinnati Reds, in a 3-0 victory over the Cleveland Indians. Miley issued just one walk, and in the same inning a batter reached on an error, but both runners were stranded. Every other frame was...

Cubs who led NL in pitching categories, Part 1 By JohnW53 on May 11, 2021, 6:38am CDT + 431 times, an average of more than 3 per season. They have led in at least 1 of the 36 categories shown at Baseball-Reference.com in 110 of the 120 seasons. Three of the 10 in which they had no leaders have come in the past 20 seasons: 2001, 2009 and 2014. In 1992, a Cub led in 16 categories; in every one, the leader was Greg Maddux. In 1938, they led in 18, with Bill Lee on top in 14. And in 1918, they were first in 21, including 16 by Hippo Vaughn. ... The Cubs won the pennant in the latt...

2021 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 33 Share this story Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports Keegan Thompson has to be thinking this Heroes and Goats thing is easy. He’s made two appearances since being recalled from the minor leagues. He had a Hero placement for his start against the Dodgers on May 4 and now for May 9 he finds the Superhero spot for the first time. That’s already enough to be hanging around near the top of the cumulative standings. Further, for whatever it’s worth, he picked up his first major league win in the game. More importantly, the Cubs won another game on Saturday....

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