Community Picks: St. Louis 0% vs Chi Cubs 0%

Kyle Hendricks could sense he had his command as soon as he stepped on the mound. Hendricks tossed a four-hitter, Anthony Rizzo homered in his third straight game and the Chicago Cubs beat the NL Central-leading St. Louis Cardinals 4-0 on Friday. The second-place Cubs won their season-high fifth in a row while cutting St. Louis' division lead to 1 1/2 games. Continue to Article

May 03, 2019 6:59:pm EST

Chicago Cubs starter Kyle Hendricks not only tore through a tough St. Louis Cardinals offseason on Friday, he made it look incredibly easy. Hendricks made quick work of Cardinals during the contest, dispatching them with an 81-pitch complete-game shutout. The 29-year-old Hendricks gave up just four hits during the outing. Continue to Article

May 03, 2019 5:02:pm EST

Chicago Cubs fans might want to start taking games a little less seriously. When the Cubs are playing games at Wrigley Field, 911 calls in the area have increased mightily, according to an article by Rob Arthur at Deadspin. Arthur gathered public data from 911 calls made in 11 different cities. Continue to Article

May 01, 2019 6:01:pm EST

The Chicago Cubs will option shortstop Addison Russell to Triple-A Iowa when he's eligible to return from his 40-game suspension for violating Major League Baseball's domestic violence policy later this week. Cubs manager Joe Maddon said Tuesday before the Cubs opened a two-game series in Seattle that the team wants to give Russell more time in the minors before rejoining the major league roster. Maddon said he didn't expect Russell to be in the minors for long. Continue to Article

April 30, 2019 9:30:pm EST

Maddon is doing his lineups three days at a time, giving his players an advance look at what to expect for the upcoming series. It is a marked departure from the days of managers posting the starting nine in the clubhouse before the game, or even the modern practice of nightly text messages, and Maddon likes how it's going so far. It's getting me out in front even a little bit more than I normally have in the past and there's not anything wrong with that,'' he said. Continue to Article

April 29, 2019 2:23:pm EST