Latest Craig Counsell News

Brewers outperform preseason expectations again to win 3rd NL Central title in 4 years

Sep. 18, 2024 23:49 PM EDT

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers have grown accustomed to clinching playoff berths just about every year, but this latest celebration differed from the rest because it was so unexpected. “It was like nobody thought we were going to be here today,” shortstop Willy Adames...

Imanaga strikes out 11 and Swanson homers with 4 RBIs to lead Cubs over A's 9-2

Sep. 16, 2024 23:42 PM EDT

CHICAGO (AP) — Shota Imanaga struck out a career-high 11 in winning his fifth straight start, Dansby Swanson hit a three-run homer while tying his season high with four RBIs and Chicago Cubs defeated the Oakland Athletics 9-2 on Monday night. Chicago (77-73) remained five games...

Busch homers twice and has 3 RBIs to lead Cubs over Rockies 6-2

Sep. 15, 2024 19:48 PM EDT

DENVER (AP) — Michael Busch had his first big league multi-homer game, helping the Chicago Cubs beat the Colorado Rockies 6-2 Sunday to stop a three-game losing streak. Chicago went 3 for 14 with runners in scoring position and stranded 16 runners, tying the major league high for a...

Hilliard ties it with pinch-hit HR in 9th and Doyle's single in 10th lifts Rockies over Cubs 6-5

Sep. 15, 2024 00:15 AM EDT

DENVER (AP) — Pinch-hitter Sam Hilliard tied the score with a two-run homer in the ninth inning and Brenton Doyle delivered a game-winning single in the 10th as the Colorado Rockies rallied to beat the Chicago Cubs 6-5 on Saturday night. Michael Toglia homered, Charlie Blackmon had...

Cubs beat Dodgers 6-3 in Yamamoto-Imanaga matchup as LA makes 3 errors in 5-run 8th inning

Sep. 11, 2024 02:16 AM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Cubs rallied for the tying and go-ahead runs in a five-run eighth inning, when the Los Angeles Dodgers committed three errors in a 6-3 loss to Chicago on Tuesday night that featured a matchup of Japanese star pitchers Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Shota Imanaga. The...

Luis Gil pitches 6 sharp innings as the Yankees blank the Cubs 3-0

Sep. 06, 2024 18:34 PM EDT

CHICAGO (AP) — Luis Gil pitched six sparkling innings in his return from a back injury, and the New York Yankees beat the Chicago Cubs 3-0 on Friday. Aaron Judge hit an RBI double and scored on Austin Wells' two-run single as New York scored three times in the third inning in its...

Dansby Swanson gets 4 hits as the surging Chicago Cubs beat the Washington Nationals 14-1

Sep. 01, 2024 17:12 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Dansby Swanson had four hits, Jordan Wicks pitched five solid innings and the Chicago Cubs beat the Washington Nationals 14-1 on Sunday for their season-high sixth consecutive win. Isaac Paredes had three RBIs for the Cubs, who finished with 18 hits. Cody...

Nico Hoerner helps the surging Cubs rally for a 5-3 win over the sloppy Nationals

Aug. 31, 2024 20:17 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nico Hoerner had two hits and scored two runs, and the Chicago Cubs beat the sloppy Washington Nationals 5-3 on Saturday for their fifth straight win. Javier Assad pitched six innings of three-run ball as Chicago won for the eighth time in nine games overall. The...

Suzuki and Swanson homer as the Cubs beat the Pirates 9-5 to move above .500

Aug. 27, 2024 22:54 PM EDT

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Seiya Suzuki and Dansby Swanson homered during Chicago's five-run fourth inning, and the Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-5 on Tuesday night to move over .500 for the first time since May 28. Suzuki hit a tying two-run drive for his 19th homer this season,...

Seiya Suzuki homers twice to lead Cubs in 14-2 rout of Marlins

Aug. 24, 2024 20:23 PM EDT

MIAMI (AP) — Seiya Suzuki homered twice and tripled, Shota Imanaga threw seven innings of two-run ball and the Chicago Cubs beat the Miami Marlins 14-2 on Saturday. A day after hitting an inside-the-park home run, Pete Crow-Armstrong went deep with a 437-foot drive into the upper...