Articles filed under Baseball
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Boyd got early start to pickoff plan; Cubs beat PiratesJun 14, 2025 6:37 pm - The Cubs and Pirates played their third straight low-scoring, one-run game at Wrigley Field on Saturday. Dansby Swanson’s solo homer in the sixth was the difference as the Cubs won 2-1.
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Add Vaughn to list of White Sox regrettable draft picksJun 14, 2025 4:31 pm - The White Sox traded former No. 3 overall pick Andrew Vaughn to Milwaukee on Friday. Where does he rank among the team’s greatest draft regrets? Mike McGraw makes a list.
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PCA’s acronym status proves he’s arrived as baseball’s latest phenomJun 14, 2025 2:42 pm - The first place Cubs act like they belong there and the dynamic Pete Crow Armstrong acts as if none of it is unusual. Whatever awaits over the long summer and the adventures of a pending playoffs is awash among the sheer joy of waiting for PCA’s next at bat, his next stolen base, his next chasing down any ball that thinks it can get past him.
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Josh Smith homers and scores all 3 runs for Rangers in win over White SoxJun 13, 2025 10:10 pm - Josh Smith homered and scored all three Texas runs as the Rangers beat the Chicago White Sox 3-1. The leadoff hitter for the Rangers had a single in the first and scored on Corey Seager's sacrifice fly. Smith's seventh homer was a 396-foot drive in the third, and he then walked in the fifth before Marcus Semien's RBI double.
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Cook pitches complete-game shutout, Boomers blank Mud Monsters 4-0Jun 13, 2025 9:34 pm - Cole Cook struck out 12 in a complete game shutout as the Schaumburg Boomers blanked the Mississippi Mud Monsters 4-0 in the first ever meeting between the teams at Wintrust Field on Friday night.
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Brewers trade RHP Aaron Civale to White Sox for 1B Andrew VaughnJun 13, 2025 9:17 pm - The Milwaukee Brewers have traded right-hander Aaron Civale and cash to the Chicago White Sox for first baseman Andrew Vaughn.
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Horton responds to big matchup with best outingJun 13, 2025 7:27 pm - Cubs rookie Cade Horton delivered the best start of his major league career and kept his team in a stalemate against Pittsburgh ace Paul Skenes. Horton allowed no runs, 3 hits and 1 walk, while striking out 4. He used just 76 pitches through 5 2/3 innings.
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Once again Skenes makes himself at home among the ivy, Cubs lose to PiratesJun 13, 2025 6:49 pm - The Cubs offense couldn’t score against Pittsburgh ace Paul Skenes, but also plated just 1 run over five innings against the Pirates bullpen and lost 2-1 Friday.
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PCA defies physics, Pressly closes strong as Cubs beat PiratesJun 12, 2025 10:23 pm - Pete Crow-Armstrong’s 2-run homer and a solid outing by pitcher Jameson Taillon lifted the Cubs past Pittsburgh 3-2 on Thursday at Wrigley Field.
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Cougars beat CleburneJun 12, 2025 9:35 pm - The Kane County Cougars beat Cleburne 5-2 on Thursday.