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Alfonso Soriano singled in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning and the Chicago Cubs sent the St. Louis Cardinals to their fourth straight loss at home with a 6-4 victory on Monday night.

STREAKING 1. Ryan Dempster, SP: This unlucky pitcher should have five wins. Instead he is looking for his first victory since Aug. 10 mostly due to a lack of run support. Dempster has been almost unhittable since the start of the season and much ...

Jeff Hanisch/US PresswireRyan Dempster brings a 1.02 ERA to St. Louis on "Monday Night Baseball," where he's looking to pick up his first win of the season.The major league leader in ERA takes the hill Monday when Ryan Dempster and the Chicago Cubs v...

MILWAUKEE - Alfonso Soriano reasoned Sunday that it will only take one home run to open the flood gates. Now comes the big question: When will that first home run come? "It's been a little while but I know as soon as I hit one I will get more ...

CHICAGO -- A sore knee had Alfonso Soriano on the bench for the second time in three days as Adrian Cardenas got the start Wednesday in left field. Soriano started just once in the series against the Atlanta Braves but he did drive in a run during...

A quick look at the Chicago Cubs' 3-1 loss to the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday night at Wrigley Field. How it happened: Ryan Dempster's bad luck continued, as he left the game after seven strong innings with his fourth no-decision of the season. Demp...

CHICAGO -- The Chicago Cubs opened a three-game set with the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday with a 5-4 victory. HOW IT HAPPENED: The Cubs took an early lead with two runs in the first inning on RBI singles by Alfonso Soriano and Starlin Castro. D...

A contract never starts off "bad," per se. Obviously, a general manager signs a player to a contract with the intent that the player will help the team win, even if the GM knows the criticism over dollars and years is out there. The contract ofte...

Blog | May 04, 2012

What if, say, Albert Pujols, Carl Crawford or Jayson Werth landed on outright waivers. Would there be any takers?

CINCINNATI -- At first manager Dale Sveum was confused regarding an inquiry about the Chicago Cubs' lack of power. Told that Alfonso Soriano believes the power will come as the calendar turns, Sveum paused. "Calendar?" he said. Told that it ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Marlon Byrd, Alfonso Soriano, David DeJesus and Tony Campana couldn't do it, so Joe Mather took care of recording the first home run from a Chicago Cubs starting outfielder this season. The Cubs were the last big league team withou...

ESPN Stats & InformationAlbert Pujols has yet to hit a home run for the Los Angeles Angels, and most of his trouble this season has been with offspeed pitches.Albert Pujols continues to struggle since joining the Los Angeles Angels, going 0-for-3 on ...

In case you were out living a life of leisure, here's what you missed in sports on Tuesday. The NBA suspended Lakers forward Metta World Peace for seven games after he elbowed James Harden on Sunday. Terrorists, who only saw the headline "World ...

CHICAGO -- Perhaps it's not a bad thing that Alfonso Soriano has turned into a singles hitter after all. If he can smoke a ball like he did in the 10th inning Tuesday night and blast it through Cardinals second baseman Skip Schumaker to win a gam...

Alfonso Soriano hit a game-ending RBI single in the 10th inning and the Cubs beat St. Louis 3-2 on Wednesday night, ending the Cardinals' run of 13 consecutive winning series.

CHICAGO -- Darwin Barney's drop in the batting order Tuesday wasn't a sign of what he isn't doing, but rather the opposite. Needing somebody to have a solid at-bat in the later part of the order, manager Dale Sveum moved Barney to the No. 7 spot T...