He lasted 2.2 innings on Monday, allowing a run on a Brice Turang homer, with four hits, a walk, and three strikeouts. Cubs manager Craig Counsell visited Horton on the mound twice in the early innings before ultimately pulling him. Horton had thrown seven consecutive pitches outside the strike zone before his exit.

The Chicago Cubs lost another one on Friday– another one that they really couldn’t afford to lose. By dropping a 3-2 heartbreaker to the previously free-falling Pittsburgh Pirates, the team now falls to 9 games behind the first place Milwaukee Brewers in the NL Central Division.

The Chicago Cubs had sat at the top of the NL Central for most of the season. It wasn't too long ago that they had a 6.5 game lead over the Milwaukee Brewers, b

The Kyle Tucker saga took a sharp turn late Monday afternoon when Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell announced he would give his slumping slugger some time off to regroup.

The Chicago Cubs are seriously down on their luck. The team has posted a feeble 3-7 record in their last 10 games and has fallen 9 games behind the Milwaukee Brewers in the NL Central Division.

As the July 31 trade deadline neared, the Cubs, with one of the best records in baseball, were cast by seemingly all the national experts as big swingers, total movers and shakers, on the short list of contenders that were ready to pounce on major opportunities to improve their World Series chances. Remember that nonsense?

"Things not going right is not what's happening," Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Friday of his team's recent struggles that have seen Chicago lose its past three series.

Craig Counsell addressed the Chicago Cubs' recent slump as the team hopes to bounce back sooner rather than later.

The Chicago Cubs are trying to set aside four years of failing to reach the National League playoffs by either winning the NL Central or claiming one of the lea

The Cubs have fallen well behind the Brewers. Now, one of their key players may cost them a chance at a title.