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CHICAGO -- A quick look at the Chicago Cubs' 8-2 win over the New York Mets on Saturday at Wrigley Field. How it happened: Through three innings, the Cubs managed only one hit off Mets starter Jeremy Hefner. However, they broke through in the fou...

WHAT IT MEANS: Talk about a letdown. The Mets are now 0-9 this season in the game after Matt Harvey starts. Jeremy Hefner departed after surrendering four runs in the fourth inning and remained winless in 2013 as the Chicago Cubs beat the Mets, 8-...

CHICAGO -- Here's a quick look at the Detroit Red Wings' 4-1 win over the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 2 of their Western Conference semifinal series at the United Center on Saturday. How it happened: The Red Wings came ready to play in Game 2 after...

Cubs 8, Mets 2

CHICAGO -- The Chicago Cubs will activate pitcher Matt Garza off the disabled list on Tuesday to start that night against the Pittsburgh Pirates, manager Dale Sveum said before Saturday's game. "I'm excited and happy I don't have to rehab again," ...

Damien Brunner and Brendan Smith scored in the second period and the Detroit Red Wings beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-1 Saturday in Game 2 to even their Western Conference semifinal series.

CHICAGO -- The Mets are appealing to Major League Baseball to slice Matt Harvey's ERA from 1.55 to 1.41, which would be within one point of the major league lead shared Clayton Kershaw and Shelby Miller. Matt Harvey #33 SP New York Mets 20...

Football Outsiders, a statistics-based analysis service, has been producing division-by-division Insider files on remaining team needs. You'll need a subscription to read the entire NFC North post , but below I've taken a few excerpts and written a f...

CHICAGO -- Chicago Blackhawks forward Viktor Stalberg will be a healthy scratch from Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinal series against the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday, Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville said. Stalberg was also benched in ...

CHICAGO -- Here are the lineups for the Mets' 1:05 p.m. ET game Saturday against the Chicago Cubs. Mets Mike Baxter, rf Daniel Murphy, 2b David Wright, 3b Ike Davis, 1b Lucas Duda, lf John Buck, c Rick Ankiel, cf Ruben Tejada, ss Jeremy...

Matt Garza is set to come off the disabled list and make his first start of the season for the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday against Pittsburgh.

Seth Wenig/Associated Press Ike Davis is in danger of a demotion within five days or so if he does not start producing. CHICAGO FIRST PITCH: For the first time since May 1-2, the Mets have a two-game winning streak. Jeremy Hefner (0-4, 4.61 E...

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- When a former Cy Young Award winner knows you by name, even before reaching the big leagues, you must be doing something right. That's how it was for Addison Reed when he joined the Chicago White Sox in 2011, a wide-eyed Souther...

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Chris Sale ran his scoreless streak to 23 innings Friday and Alex Rios homered for the second straight game as the visiting Chicago White Sox won their season-high fourth straight game with a 3-0 victory against the Los Angeles Ang...

Steve Moore/Associated Press Ike Davis is in serious danger of a demotion. CHICAGO -- Although Ike Davis snapped an 0-for-24 skid Friday in a 3-2 win against the Chicago Cubs, the internal discussion about potentially demoting the first baseman...