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Holy cow! The Cubs won their fourth straight on Friday, beating the Brewers 7-1 behind TWO homers and four RBI from red-hot Nick Castellanos. The win moved the Cubs within a game of the Cards, who were rained out at Cincy.

Kyle Schwarber belted his career-best 32nd home run of the season and Jose Quintana struck out three in 5 2/3 scoreless innings. Steve Cishek pitched a perfect ninth inning to lower his season ERA to 3.21.

The series continues Saturday at Wrigley. 134 games down, 28 to go.

Go Cubs go!

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Hey hey! The Cubs beat the Mets 4-1 on Thursday to sweep the series behind two home runs from Victor Caratini and a quality start from Jon Lester (6 IP, 1 ER, 4 K).

Three Chicago relievers combined for three scoreless innings to seal the win.

The Cubs return to Wrigley to kick off a five-game homestand on Friday. First up: three games against the Brewers. 133 games down, 29 to go.

Go Cubs go!

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Hey hey! The Cubs beat the Mets 10-7 on Wednesday behind HRs from Happ, Schwarber, and Castellanos. Starter Kyle Hendricks gave up 6 ER, but five Chicago relievers combined for 4 1/3 innings without an earned run.

New York starter Noah Syndergaard gave up a career-high 9 ER in 3 IP before the Mets mounted a bit of a comeback. Craig Kimbrel shut the door in the 9th to earn the save.

The series wraps up Thursday at Citi Field. 132 games down, 30 to go.

Go Cubs go!

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Cards dropped Wednesday's game to the Brewers; Cubs in action at Citi Field. Stay tuned.

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Hey hey! The Cubs beat the Mets 5-2 on Tuesday night behind a dominant start from Yu Darvish (8 IP, 1 ER, 7 K) and eleven hits from the offense.

Javier Baez and Addison Russell each homered for the Cubs, and El Mago reached base in all four plate appearances (3-for-3, 3 H, 3 RBI, 1 BB) while raising his season average to .285.

The series continues tomorrow in New York. 131 games down, 31 to go.

Go Cubs go!

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Holy cow! The first place Cubs beat the Giants 12-11 on Wednesday night at Wrigley. Nick Castellanos went 4-for-5 at the plate with 3 RBI to pace the Cubs. Craig Kimbrel picked up the save with a 1-2-3 ninth inning.

Kris Bryant's two-run homer in the 8th was the game-winner for the Cubs, plating (who else?) Nick Castellanos, who continued his torrid streak as a Cub.

The series wraps up Thursday at Wrigley. 126 games down, 36 to go.

Go Cubs go!

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Hey hey! The Cubs downed the Giants 5-3 on Tuesday at Wrigley behind a quality start from Hamels (6 IP, 3 ER, 5 K), TWO homers from Rizzo, and another from Castellanos.

Rizzo, who reached base in all four plate appearances, has now hit four home runs in his last five games.  Meanwhile, Castellanos' 1.148 OPS with the Cubs is the highest in franchise history for a player with a minimum of 75 plate appearances.

Three Chicago relievers were lights out (3 IP, 1 H, 0 BB, 0 ER, 4 K) to seal the win. The series continues Wednesday at the Friendly Confines.

125 games down, 37 to go. 

Go Cubs go!

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Holy cow! The first place Cubs downed the Pirates 7-1 on Sunday night in the Little League Classic in Williamsport. Jose Quintana had a dominant start (7 IP, 0 ER, 0 BB, 7 K) while Castellanos, Heyward, and Rizzo homered.

Castellanos continued his hot streak as a Cub by going 2-for-4; J-Hey also went 2-for-4 with a walk, raising his season OBP to .350; and Tony reached base in 4 of 5 plate appearances to raise his OBP to .395. That's Cub.

The win gave the North Siders their first road series win since taking 2 of 3 from the Nats in May, and the guys certainly seemed to be having fun in Williamsport.

While one regular season win doesn't necessarily make or break a season, this one may have pressed a much-needed reset button for the road-weary Cubs. The battle for the NL Central title will be interesting, as the Cubs have seven games remaining apiece with the Brewers and Cardinals.

With Cishek, Contreras, Descalso, and Morrow on the healing side of their recent injuries and Ben Zobrist working his way back to Wrigley via a minor league tune-up, these next six weeks should be a helluva ride.

124 games down, 38 to go. Go Cubs go!

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Bad loss for the Cubs today in the 9th against Philly which resulted in a sweep. The Cards lost too so the number drops. Cubs/Cards tied for 1st place. There is plenty more time to get the Cubs back in gear.

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Holy cow! The first place Cubs drubbed the A's 10-1 on Wednesday behind a dominant start from Jose Quintana (7 IP, 1 ER, 7 K) and a grand slam from Ian Happ. 

Schwarber and Caratini also homered for the North Siders, who drove in 10 of the 12 men who reached base.

Next up:  a ten-game road trip that kicks off Thursday in Cincy. 114 games down, 48 to go.

Go Cubs go!

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Cubs sweep the Crew!

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Holy cow! The Cubs downed the Brewers 6-2 on Friday behind Quintana’s QS (6 IP, 2 ER, 5 K) and HRs from J-Hey & Javy.

The series continues Saturday at Wrigley. 109 games down, 53 to go.

Go Cubs go!

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Hey hey! The first place Cubs shut out the Cards 2-0 behind a dominant start from Hendricks and a clutch RBI from Happ.

Next up:  the rubber game of the series, for sole possession of first.

Go Cubs go!