Pirates Beat Sox 6-5
Chicago is off to its second-worst 34-game start behind an 8-26 opening in 1948.
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Chicago is off to its second-worst 34-game start behind an 8-26 opening in 1948.
Welington Castillo homered twice for the last-place White Sox, who have lost four straight and eight of nine.
Three teams have been red-hot out of the gates this April and they aren't necessarily who you'd expect.
Kyle Schwarber homered, doubled and singled for three of the Cubs' seven hits.
Javier Baez is going to be himself. That much is sure in his fifth major league season.
Thousands of fans are heading back to Wrigley Field for the Cubs' postponed home opener against the Pirates.
The Friendly Confines aren't quite so friendly ahead of the Cubs' home opener on Monday, with a dusting of snow coating the field overnight, prompting the team to push back the game against the Pirates by an hour.
When you think of baseball at Wrigley Field, you probably don't imagine snow for the Cubs' home opener.
Luis Castillo, Jameson Taillon, Josh Hader head the division's crop of flourishing arms all looking to try and chase down the Cubs.
The Cubs are once again the NL Central favorite after two straight division crowns.
Jon Lester (10-7) worked around traffic in his first four innings but settled down to go six innings with one run and five hits allowed.
Alex Avila knocked an RBI triple in the ninth inning, capping a duel between Jose Quintana and Gerrit Cole.
The Cubs left eight men on base to drop their third consecutive game.
Chicago maintained a 3 1/2-game NL Central lead over Milwaukee, which lost to Cincinnati.
The Cubs' game against the Brewers on Sept. 8 will be moved to the evening to prevent a short turnaround for the team following travel.
Chicago remained 3 1/2 games ahead of Milwaukee for the NL Central lead.
Arrieta fired six innings of two-hit shutout baseball.
Montgomery (5-6) struck out four and walked none as he pitched six-hit ball into the eighth inning.
The Cubs have a 77.5 percent chance of winning the division, per Fangraphs.
Jon Lester allowed 10 runs, four earned, in 2/3 innings in the Cubs' disaster.
Gregory Polanco hit a two-run homer in the sixth inning and Ivan Nova pitched three-hit ball into the seventh.
Bryant drove in four runs and had three extra-base hits.
Chicago took two of three in Pittsburgh and improved to 34-34 this season.
Pinch-hitter Jon Jay had a go-ahead RBI single in the ninth inning.
Hanson hit .193 with eight runs in 37 games before Pittsburgh designated him for assignment last Friday.
