A successful playoff run requires Crow-Armstrong and Tucker to snap out of funks. Friday could've been the start of that.

So you can imagine how happy he was — along with the rest of us — when his first home run since July 1 went into the seats in the first inning at Angel Stadium Friday evening. Pete Crow-Armstrong bookended that homer with one of his own in the ninth inning off Kenley Jansen and the Cubs defeated the Angels 3-2 in the first game of a nine-game road trip.

Cubs Manager Craig Counsell stood up for Kyle Tucker after he received some backlash during his extended slump.

Despite some struggles in the second half of the season, the Chicago Cubs finally had an impressive series against the Milwaukee Brewers.  In what ended up feel

The Chicago Cubs had to go through one of their own to finish off a much-needed series sweep over the weekend. After 11 seasons in Chicago, soft-tossing right-hander Kyle Hendricks signed a one-year contract with his hometown Los Angeles Angels last winter.