Cubs Stop Uggla's Hitting Streak, Beat Braves, 6-5
The Chicago Cubs stopped Dan Uggla's 33-game hitting streak and rallied from a four-run deficit to beat the Atlanta Braves 6-5 on Sunday.
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The Chicago Cubs stopped Dan Uggla's 33-game hitting streak and rallied from a four-run deficit to beat the Atlanta Braves 6-5 on Sunday.
The latest entry in Dan Uggla's improbable hitting streak was not enough for Atlanta as Starlin Castro and Darwin Barney each had four hits to help the Chicago Cubs beat the Braves 8-4 on Saturday night.
The Chicago Cubs have placed pitcher Carlos Zambrano on the disqualified list.
Chicago Cubs manager Mike Quade says Carlos Zambrano cleaned out his locker and "walked out" on the team after giving up five homers in Friday night's 10-4 loss to the Atlanta Braves.
Dan Uggla belted a pair of solo homers off Carlos Zambrano to extend his hitting streak to an Atlanta-record 32 games and lead the Braves to a 10-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Friday night.
The Cubs have signed infielder Trevor Gretzky -- the son of hockey legend Wayne Gretzky -- who they drafted in the seventh round the 2011 First-Year Player Draft.
Aramis Ramirez has been one of the better hitters in baseball during the second half. Since late June, he is batting .288 with 16 home runs and 38 RBIs.
Aramis Ramirez and Carlos Pena hit back-to-back homers and the Chicago Cubs beat the Washington Nationals 4-3 Thursday.
What Tom Ricketts told his papa to convince him of the viability of the business model at Clark & Addison is being proven true, yet again.
Reed Johnson, Alfonso Soriano and Geovany Soto each homered Wednesday night and the Chicago Cubs kept up their power surge in a 4-2 win over the Washington Nationals.
