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Bats, bullpen solidify series win for the DogsJun 21, 2025 11:28 pm - The Chicago Dogs kept rolling Saturday night, jumping all over the Gary SouthShore RailCats in a 7-4 win to take game two of the series. Jeff Lindgren got the ball for Chicago, while Peyton Long started for Gary, but it was the Dogs' bats that stole the show early.
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Boomers bash ThunderBolts in 12-6 winJun 21, 2025 11:21 pm - The Schaumburg Boomers amassed seven extra-base hits in logging a 12-6 victory over the Windy City ThunderBolts in the middle game of the weekend three-game set.
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O’Donnell: PCA has Cubs fans walking on Wrigley Field sunshineJun 21, 2025 8:36 pm - OH TO BE 23 YEARS OLD, commanding, charismatic and able to flip Major League Baseball games in a single bound. That would be Pete Crow-Armstrong — the Fresh Prince of Wri...
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Guerrero and Bichette homer as the Blue Jays top Sox who have lost 9 of 10Jun 21, 2025 8:17 pm - Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Bo Bichette homered, helping José Berríos and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the lowly Chicago White Sox 7-1. Berríos surrendered an unearned run and two hits in a season-high 7 2/3 innings. The right-hander struck out five and walked three in his first win since May 29. The last-place White Sox finished with two hits in their ninth loss in 10 games.
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Cubs survive extreme heat by clubbing 5 home runsJun 21, 2025 6:39 pm - The Cubs hit 5 home runs in the sweltering heat Saturday to beat Seattle 10-7 at Wrigley Field. Ian Happ homered twice, once in each of the first two innings.
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Mercury set franchise record for 3-pointers in a game in 107-86 win over SkyJun 21, 2025 5:24 pm - Sami Whitcomb hit five of the Mercury's franchise-record 17 3-pointers and finished with 17 points, Kahleah Copper scored 16 and the Phoenix Mercury beat the Chicago Sky 107-86. Kalani Brown hit a 3 — the second of the 6-foot-7 center's career — with 25.6 seconds left Saturday to break the Mercury's previous record of 16. Six different Phoenix players hit at least two 3-pointers, tying the WNBA single-game record.
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Catcher to manager, with a 20-year wait, natural fit for Barrington native WilsonJun 21, 2025 5:02 pm - Seattle Mariners manager Dan Wilson returned home this weekend, providing a chance to reminisce about his wildly successful baseball years in Barrington.
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Imanaga will return in St. Louis; Hodge strugglesJun 21, 2025 2:21 pm - Cubs notes: After a solid rehab outing for the Iowa Cubs, Shota Imanaga is ready to return to the big-league rotation next week. Meanwhile, Porter Hodge struggled and Nate Pearson is getting another chance.
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Lincicome: A Game 7, but with players to be identified laterJun 21, 2025 10:00 am - It is likely that the name Shalvante Alcian Gilgeous-Alexander (call him SGA) would have tied no tongues without a Game 7 for the NBA Championship, not usually the case t...
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Young baseball players are throwing harder than ever. But at what cost?Jun 21, 2025 10:00 am - At first, it just felt like a forearm cramp. Sam Rosand shook it off. The high school junior figured serious pitching injuries involve a pop of the elbow, so he toed the ...