The Cubs set a franchise record with eight home runs in an 11-3 rout of the Reds on Friday, including three from first baseman Michael Busch.

The 27-year-old Busch has rounded into a reliable everyday first baseman for the Cubs following a January 2024 trade from the Dodgers that largely went under the radar. He came to

Michael Busch hit three home runs, Pete Crow-Armstrong connected twice and the Chicago Cubs went deep a franchise-record eight times in pounding the St. Louis Cardinals 11-3 for their fourth straight

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It's Thursday, July 3 and the Guardians (40-44) are in Chicago to take on the Cubs (51-35). Luis L. Ortiz is slated to take the mound for Cleveland against Cade Horton for Chicago. The Cubs put up five runs to beat the Guardians,

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