Fans get physical during Crosstown Classic

The Crosstown Classic ended with fists flying through Guaranteed Rate Field Saturday night. Just a small percentage of those who attended the game witnessed the fights up close.

Cubs erupt after Maddon's ejection to rip Pirates 11-3

Joe Maddon isn't against pitching inside. It's when the ball starts buzzing batter's heads that the Chicago Cubs manager thinks the increasingly thin line between aggressive and dangerous can get a little too blurry.

Pirates rally in 9th to edge Cubs 6-5

Jung Ho Kang scored on Corey Dickerson's sacrifice fly in the ninth inning to cap a frantic rally and lift the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 6-5 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday night.

Reds hold off Cubs 8-6

With July 4 still a few days off, Eugenio Suarez got an early jump on the fireworks. 

Cubs 6, Reds 0; Baez hits first grand slam of season

Javier Baez hit his first grand slam of the season . Jose Quintana got his first win since May 5. And a long, hot game ended with a dust-up involving Yasiel Puig and an ejection for the Cincinnati Reds manager.

Hamels leaves after 1 inning, Reds beat Cubs 6-3 to end skid

CINCINNATI (AP) - Joe Maddon looked up from his sheet of statistics and saw left-hander Cole Hamels walking toward him instead of warming up for the second inning - the last thing the Cubs manager wanted to see. "I'm looking up off my paper and all of a sudden he's walking toward me, so I had no idea what was going on," Maddon said. Just like that, the Cubs' rotation...

Cubs' Cole Hamels leaves after 1 inning vs Reds

Left-hander Cole Hamels was pulled after only one inning against the Cincinnati Reds on Friday night because of discomfort in his side, the latest blow to a Chicago Cubs rotation already missing Kyle Hendricks.