Dansby Swanson hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the eighth inning, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 in the rubber game of the weekend series.

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THIS DAY IN CUBS HISTORY: Shawon Dunston homered twice off John Smoltz and Mike Harkey threw a three-hit shutout as the Cubs defeated the Braves 7-0. It happened 35 years ago today, Friday, Aug. 17, 1990.

Seiya Suzuki hit a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-1 for a sorely needed victory.

Despite some struggles in the second half of the season, the Chicago Cubs finally had an impressive series against the Milwaukee Brewers.  In what ended up feel

The Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 on Sunday at Wrigley Field to prevent a fourth straight series loss. Now the Milwaukee Brewers come to town.

Jack Suwinski hit a tiebreaking solo homer in the ninth inning to give the Pittsburgh Pirates a 3-2 win over the struggling Chicago Cubs.

Thursday and Friday were the 15th time this season that the Cubs followed a win with back-to-back losses. They have won their next game the last six times, most recently on Wednesday at Toronto. The Cubs’ only two three-game losing streaks were May 6-9 (two at home vs.

Chicago Cubs second base Miles Mastrobuoni (20) attempts to tag Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Bryan Reynolds (10) out at second base during a game on Friday, May 17, 2024, at Wrigley Field in Chicago.