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CHICAGO -- Traded away last season but not forgotten, the Chicago White Sox reacquired pitcher Zach Stewart on Thursday by claiming him off waivers from the Pittsburgh Pirates. Stewart was traded to the Boston Red Sox last season along with Brent ...

CHICAGO -- The Chicago Cubs were handcuffed in a 3-0 defeat to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday to as the four-game series ended at two victories each. HOW IT HAPPENED: After a 3-hour, 37-minute rain delay at the outset, the Pirates jumped on the...

PITTSBURGH -- The Chicago Cubs' 4-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates Sunday gave them their first three-game sweep on the road since a four-game run in August of last season also at Pittsburgh. How it happened: Alfonso Soriano's two-run home ru...

PITTSBURGH -- The Chicago Cubs' 4-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates Saturday gave them back-to-back victories on the road for the first time since their last visit to Pittsburgh in late July. How it happened: He started on a shaky note, but Je...

PITTSBURGH -- Jeff Samardzija will get a slightly different vantage point during his final game of the season. The right-hander will still be on the mound Saturday against the Pittsburgh Pirates, but he will bat from the No. 8 spot in the lineup. ...

PITTSBURGH - The Chicago Cubs had a response for the beating they took this week against the Washington Nationals: They delivered their own smack down of the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Cubs showed they are a quick study, rebounding from three games a...

PITTSBURGH - It was a catch then even the fans of the opposing team could appreciate. The Chicago Cubs' Brett Jackson delivered one for his permanent highlight reel Friday when he smashed into the chain-link part of the center-field fence in fron...

PITTSBURGH - The Cubs got out their frustrations Friday in a 12-2 series-opening victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. HOW IT HAPPENED: With the drubbing from the Nationals in their rear-view mirror, the Cubs delivered a thrashing of their own....

CHICAGO - The Chicago Cubs will re-evaluate second baseman Darwin Barney after he was hit in the helmet by a pitch in the eighth inning Tuesday. With a no-hit bid still intact, Pittsburgh Pirates starter A.J. Burnett fired a pitch that appeared to...

CHICAGO -- One rotation vacancy was filled for next week as manager Dale Sveum said that Justin Germano will likely start Monday against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Germano, who was acquired from the Red Sox in July 19, has just one outing since joini...

PITTSBURGH -- The Chicago Cubs fell just short in their attempt to complete a three-game sweep, falling 3-2 to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday. HOW IT HAPPENED: After declining a trade that would have sent him to the Atlanta Braves this week, ...

PITTSBURGH -- With Ryan Dempster possibly off the trade market now, the Chicago Cubs could end up taking a closer look at what red-hot pitcher Paul Maholm would fetch on the open market. Maholm is on a run of five consecutive starts of six innings...

PITTSBURGH -- With the non-waiver trade deadline approaching, the Chicago Cubs' hottest pitcher isn't Ryan Dempster or Matt Garza. Paul Maholm continued his impressive run in some familiar territory as he handcuffed his former team, the Pittsburgh...

PITTSBURGH -- The Chicago Cubs have rebounded nicely after a humbling sweep at St. Louis by defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-1 on Tuesday, their second consecutive victory in the series. How it happened: The Cubs got more dominating pitching Tue...

PITTSBURGH -- Jeff Samardzija had his best outing in a Chicago Cubs uniform Monday and Alfonso Soriano drove in two runs in a 2-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. How it happened: Samardzija was brilliant, giving up only an infield single over...

PITTSBURGH -- Can one team lose three-fifths of its rotation to trades in a three-game series? Don't count on it said Chicago Cubs manager Dale Sveum, whose starters Ryan Dempster, Matt Garza and Paul Maholm all have been mentioned in possible tra...