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Chicago Cubs’ miscues scrap a defensive gem in walk-off loss in extras — and Craig Counsell gets ejected again
For a second consecutive day, Craig Counsell watched the end of the Chicago Cubs game from the visiting manager’s office ...
Ejections of Nico Hoerner and Craig Counsell highlight intensity of Cubs' series against Tigers
Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell, center, argues with home plate umpire Derek Thomas (53) after Nico Hoerner, right, was ...
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With errors and walks, Cubs uncharacteristically sloppy in Tokyo Series season-opening loss
TOKYO — Last season, Chicago Cubs starting pitchers walked just 6.8 percent of the batters they faced, the sixth-lowest rate in baseball. Their defense had the seventh-fewest errors and was tied ...
MLB umpire Derek Thomas gets 3rd-strike call wrong, makes matters worse with swift ejection of Cubs' Nico Hoerner
MLB umpire Derek Thomas has a short fuse. Chicago Cubs second baseman Nico Hoerner paid the price for it Sunday. Thomas was ...
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Cubs veteran owns up to game costing 9th inning error
To begin the game, Cubs starting pitcher Ben Brown gave up three runs. In the bottom of the first inning, Chicago answered by chasing Padres starting pitcher Kyle Hart out of the game after ...
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Cubs beat Dodgers 6-3 in Yamamoto-Imanaga matchup as LA makes 3 errors in 5-run 8th inning
LOS ANGELES — The Cubs rallied for the tying and go-ahead runs in a five-run eighth inning, when the Los Angeles Dodgers committed three errors in a 6-3 loss to Chicago on Tuesday night that ...
Cubs lose 4-3 to Phillies in 11 innings, drop consecutive games for first time in a month
The Cubs then pulled ahead in the 11th on an RBI double by Crow-Armstrong. Cubs starter Matthew Boyd, who held the Phillies ...