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The first five starts of Dylan Covey’s big league career weren’t exactly a dream come true. In three of those starts, the 25-year-old righty gave up at least six runs and at least nine hits. Covey was tired of that. Saturday night wasn’t a perfect outing, either. He lasted just 4.1 innings. But he was very pleased with his stuff, which resulted in a career-high nine strikeouts against the visiting San Diego Padres, just two off the total number of strikeouts he racked up in his first five starts. “I was getting tired of getting beat with my mediocre stuff,” Covey said after Saturday’s 5-4 White Sox win. “So I went out there and gave it all I had with every pitch. I would have liked to go deeper, Continue to Article

May 13, 2017 11:37:pm EST

Chicago Cubs starter Jon Lester was very angry following Saturday’s 5-3 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals, and it had nothing to do with his pitching performance. Lester, like many of his teammates, and even manager Joe Maddon, was upset his team lost a key run when the umpiring crew enforced the “damn slide rule,” as Lester put it, which was born from Chase Utley’s controversial slide during the 2015 postseason. Kyle Schwarber was the runner at third and Ian Happ, who was making his MLB debut, was at first with one out when Anthony Rizzo bounced one to Cardinals pitcher Carlos Martinez. Continue to Article

May 13, 2017 10:13:pm EST

A garbage-littered field in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood was transformed into a baseball field fit for the majors thanks to a $70,000 investment by the Chicago Cubs and the Chicago Park District. Continue to Article

May 13, 2017 9:53:pm EST

ST. LOUIS -- With several position players ailing, the Chicago Cubs called up 2015 first-round pick Ian Happ from Triple-A Iowa on Saturday and inserted him into the starting lineup against the St. Louis Cardinals. Happ, 22, wasted no time making his presence felt, delivering a two-run homer in the seventh inning for his first major league hit in Chicago's 5-3 loss. According to ESPN Stats & Information, he?is the fifth Cubs player in the past 25 seasons to homer in his big league debut, joining? Jorge Soler, Javier Baez, Starlin Castro and? Willson Contreras. "It was a changeup, got barrel on it, and watching it go -- it had a little bit of legs to it," Happ said of the home run. He later got Continue to Article

May 13, 2017 9:05:pm EST

The Chicago Cubs have promoted their 2015 No. 1 pick Ian Happ on Saturday afternoon. Happ joins the Major League team after posting a .298 batting average with nine home runs and 25 RBIs in 116 plate appearances at the Triple-A level. The Cubs are Continue to Article

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