After sweeping the Cincinnati Reds in the first home series of the season, the Cubs look to face the Colorado Rockies in a three-game series. The Rockies are fresh off a homestand where they went 3-3, are 5-4 on the season, and have hot-hitting rookie Trevor Story starting at shortstop these days. Though the Rockies […]
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Series Preview: Cincinnati Reds, April 11–14
Seven games into 2016, the Cubs are finally in Chicago for the home opener, a three-game series against the Cincinnati Reds. After sweeping the Angels, the Cubs took three of four from the Diamondbacks, and roll into town with a healthy 5-1 record, their best start since 1988. The Reds, too, are off to a 5-1 start, perhaps […]
Series Preview: Arizona Diamondbacks, April 7-10
After a very successful, albeit brief, opening series in Anaheim against the Angels, the Cubs are headed back to Arizona—quite near the site of their spring training complex, in fact—to face the Diamondbacks, a team that made quite an offseason splash of its own; namely, bolstering their pitching staff via trade (Shelby Miller) and free agency (Zack […]