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PITTSBURGH -- Is there anything the Chicago Cubs' starting staff can't do? Along with compiling a sparkling 3.42 ERA through nearly two months of the season, they're getting it done at the plate. Cubs pitchers are No. 1 in the National League in s...

PITTSBURGH -- Somewhere Chicago Cubs reliever Michael Bowden must be shaking his head. Bowden was designated for assignment -- to make room for the return of Matt Garza -- on the same day current reliever Shawn Camp gave up a grand slam to pinch hitt...

The Chicago Cubs activated pitcher Matt Garza from the disabled list, and he made his season debut Tuesday against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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.

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There are plenty of reasons to see "42." One of them is the action-scene reality provided by former minor league player Jasha Balcom.

ATLANTA -- Two newcomers to the Chicago Cubs' starting rotation will try to pick up where their first three pitchers left off in Pittsburgh as the Cubs took two of three from the Pirates to begin the season. Scott Feldman makes his debut Friday ni...

Travis Wood allowed one hit over six innings and the Chicago Cubs held off the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 on Thursday.

PITTSBURGH - Count Chicago Cubs manager Dale Sveum as one not in favor of the designated hitter rule coming to the National League. "I like it the way it is," Sveum said before the Cubs and Pirates played Thursday afternoon. The topic came up a...

PITTSBURGH -- Depth was supposed to be a strength of the Chicago Cubs in 2013, in the form of a group of newcomers. So far it's been anything but. In dropping a 3-0 decision to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday those new guys came up short. B...

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PITTSBURGH -- Add Chicago Cubs pitching coach Chris Bosio to the list of team personnel who still believe Carlos Marmol should be closing games -- at least for now. "It's the first game of the season," he said before the Cubs played the Pittsburgh...

PITTSBURGH -- Facing the first left-hander of the season, Chicago Cubs manager Dale Sveum has elected to sit three left-handed hitters who started Monday's season opening win against the Pirates. This is how the lineup stacks up against Wandy Rodr...

PITTSBURGH -- Maybe an earlier version of Chicago Cubs pitcher Jeff Samardzija doesn't get out of the first inning on Monday. And maybe he doesn't go on to pitch a gem in the season opener, beating the Pittsburgh Pirates, 3-1. But Samardzija has g...

PITTSBURGH -- Here's a quick look at the Chicago Cubs' 3-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Opening Day: How it happened: Anthony Rizzo took the first pitch of the season thrown to him and deposited it over the center field fence for a two-r...