White Sox fever grows on South Side after Astros sweep
The White Sox beat the Houston Astros Wednesday night to advance in the playoffs, while the Cubs lost to the San Diego Padres and were eliminated.
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The White Sox beat the Houston Astros Wednesday night to advance in the playoffs, while the Cubs lost to the San Diego Padres and were eliminated.
The Cubs lost to the San Diego Padres in Game 2 on Wednesday night at Petco Park to exit the postseason.
San Diego rolled to an 8-0 victory over the Cubs in their NL Wild Card Series opener on Tuesday night.
Pete Crow-Armstrong just capped off a historic regular season. The team will need the MVP frontrunner to keep showing up in the postseason.
The Cubs (49-38) have won five straight after sweeping the Padres (43-42), who have lost five in a row.
Alex Bregman, Michael Busch and Pete Crow-Armstrong added homers to help the Cubs win for the 10th time in 12 games.
It was Suzuki's second career game-ending hit and Chicago's major league-leading 10th walk-off win this season.
Chicago's Derek Hill hit a two-run shot that tied it at 3 in the seventh.
The White Sox broke through against Michael King (3-2) in the sixth and then chased the Padres' top starter in the seventh.
Munetaka Murakami hit his majors-leading 13th homer of the season to highlight a six-run second inning, Colson Montgomery added his ninth home run, and the Chicago White Sox beat the San Diego Padres 8-2 for their fourth straight win.
The Cubs have won 12 of their last 15 games.
Pete Crow-Armstrong hit a three-run homer and the Chicago Cubs beat the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night to stop their three-game slide.
Ty France drove in four runs with a double and a triple to lead the surging San Diego Padres over the Chicago Cubs 9-7 on Monday night.
Pete Crow-Armstrong hit an RBI single off a shaky Yu Darvish, and the Chicago Cubs shut down Fernando Tatis Jr. and the San Diego Padres for a clinching 3-1 victory in Game 3 of their NL Wild Card Series on Thursday.
Wrigleyville was full of nervous energy Thursday as Cubs fans waited for the decisive game against the San Diego Padres in the National League Wild Card series.
Businesses in the Wrigleyville area are hoping for a deep postseason run so they can keep their doors open for a few more weeks.
Manny Machado hit a two-run homer, Mason Miller dominated again and the San Diego Padres beat the Chicago Cubs 3-0 to send their NL Wild Card Series to a decisive third game.
The finale of the best-of-three series is back at Wrigley Field on Thursday.
Cubs fans are holding onto hope as they take on the Padres in Game 3 at Wrigley Field on Thursday.
Unfortunately, the team couldn't get it done in two, meaning it comes down to Game 3 on Thursday.
San Diego Padres relief pitcher Mason Miller made Major League Baseball playoff history against the Chicago Cubs.
Game 3 will take place on Thursday at Wrigley Field. The winner of the series moves on to play against the Milwaukee Brewers.
All eyes are now on Wrigley, as the Cubs look to punch their ticket to the next round.
The Cubs won Game 1 on Tuesday at Wrigley Field. It was their first playoff win since 2017.
The first pitch for Game 2 of the Cubs’ National League Wild Card series against the San Diego Padres is set for 2 p.m. Wednesday.
