Cheerful and carefree is simply not how Counsell rolls. That focused attitude will influence how the Cubs approach the July 31 trade deadline. The contrarian manager is an extension of Jed Hoyer’s ...

Craig Counsell, the Chicago Cubs manager who could never be described as happy-go-lucky, sat in the Wrigley Field dugout for ...

CHICAGO — Seiya Suzuki hit a three-run homer, and the Chicago Cubs stopped Boston’s 10-game win streak with a 4-1 victory ...

Eugenio Suárez homered twice for the second consecutive day and Merrill Kelly allowed two runs in six innings to help the ...

The Pittsburgh Pirates came out of the All-Star break with one of their worst performances of the season in a 10-1 defeat to the Chicago White Sox ...

2012 — Seth Smith hit a tying homer in the ninth inning, Coco Crisp singled home the winning run in the 12th and the surging Oakland Athletics rallied from four runs down to stun the New York Yankees ...

Isaac Collins and Joey Ortiz hit home runs, William Contreras added a two-run double, and the visiting Milwaukee Brewers ...

Miguel Vargas and Mike Tauchman hit back-to-back home runs to spark a four-run first inning, which propelled the Chicago ...

Addison Barger had a career-high four hits, Will Wagner hit a go-ahead two-run double in a four-run sixth inning and the ...

The Detroit Tigers have the best record in baseball. Can they win their first World Series title in more than 40 years?

Eugenio Suarez homered twice for the second consecutive day and Merrill Kelly allowed two runs in six innings to help the ...

Brewers pitchers held L.A. to a .163 batting average and four runs in Milwaukee. Then in the series opener Friday in Dodger Stadium, they won 2-0, getting a gem from a low-pay pitcher, Quinn Priester, ...