Geoff Blum

Remember last September when Alfonso Soriano almost single-handedly pushed the Cubs into the playoffs? Maybe he's starting a month earlier this season. In his last 10 games, Soriano is hitting .419 with five homers, 12 runs scored and 11 driven in. Oh,...

The Cubs' problems have gone from bad to worse as Carlos Zambrano's arm has gone from "tired" to iffy. Zambrano left Tuesday night's 9-7, 11-inning loss to Houston after five innings and 86 pitches and "told pitching coach [Larry Rothschild] he wasn't...

The dawn of the Felix Pie era looked eerily familiar to the end of the Sammy Sosa era three years ago. Plenty of flash and dash, but the results were the same. Pie's major-league debut Tuesday was spoiled by another crushing one-run defeat for the...

HOUSTON — One of the biggest reasons for the Cubs early-season success has been Ryan Dempster's smooth transition from closer to starter. But Dempster couldn't overcome his own wildness during one bad inning Tuesday night in a 4-2 loss to Houston...

Houston left fielder Carlos Lee has made a pretty good living as a Cubs killer, dating all the way back to his days on the South Side. And after being held to two singles and one RBI in the first two games of the series, Lee finally broke out Wednesday...

The White Sox stretched their frustration in stunning form Tuesday night. Their agony started when closer Dustin Hermanson surrendered a game-tying home run to Michael Cuddyer with one out in the top of the ninth inning and became complete when Minnesota...

The White Sox pulled out all the stops Tuesday night in seizing a 2-1 victory over the New York Yankees: Mercurial Jose Contreras threw what he described as the best game of his career by pitching seven-plus scoreless innings against his former team....

And now what happens to Brandon McCarthy? What happens to a pitcher who has given up no runs and only five hits in his last 14 2/3 innings against the two highest-scoring teams in the American League? What happens now, after he pitched two of the...

At 1:53 p.m. today, surrounded by his team and an adoring crowd of thousands including Mayor Richard Daley, Ozzie Guillen announced a decision everyone had been waiting for. "I tell you now: I will be back next year. I love you!" Guillen said, putting to...

Good evening everyone. Marc here with you as the Mets conclude a four-game series with the Houston Astros. Mike Pelfrey (12-8, 3.86 ERA) will be going tonight. In his last start he tossed a three-hitter for his first career complete......

Good evening Mets fans. Marcus Henry is back after a bit of a hiatus to take you through game one of this four-game set between the Mets and the Astros. Mets (71-57) vs. Astros (64-63) 7:10 Starters: Johan Santana (11-7,......

Rookie Brian Anderson carried the White Sox's feeble offense for 11 innings. Fortunately for the Sox, teammate Tadahito Iguchi finally stepped up in the 12th inning by hitting a two-run homer for a 5-3 victory at Seattle. Anderson, 23, in his fourth...