Forum: National League Central

Jeff Locke didn't have his best stuff Sunday. He didn't need it to shut down the majors' worst team. Locke allowed three hits over seven innings,...

Jeff Bianchi got a rare start and made the move pay off for the Milwaukee Brewers. Bianchi drove in two runs with a 10th-inning single up the...

Bronson Arroyo has these Philadelphia Phillies all figured out. Arroyo pitched five-hit ball over 7 2/3 innings, Joey Votto was 4 for 4 with a...

The Chicago Cubs got another strong performance from Scott Feldman on Saturday, and Matt Garza is set to return to the mound on Tuesday. One of...

The Cubs will activate pitcher Matt Garza off the disabled list on Tuesday to start that night against the Pittsburgh Pirates, manager Dale Sveum...

All Jimmy Paredes was thinking about was catching the ball. Same with Jake Elmore. Not that concentration helped. Russell Martin's bases-loaded...

On the verge of a second successive series sweep, the Cincinnati Reds encountered a ninth-inning blip. First Mat Latos gave up a triple, ending...

The ball left Travis Snider's bat and he took off with his head down. The Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder had imagined driving the ball into the...

Shin-Soo Choo's first home run landed in the nightclub beyond the left-field fence, catching by surprise revelers distracted by the Miami Heat on TV....

Jeff Samardzija mixed a strong start with an impressive performance at the plate. Samardzija hit a two-run home run and pitched eight sharp...

One pitch from being pulled, and one strike from victory, Homer Bailey unleashed a 97 mph fastball to finish off the Marlins. With his 125th pitch...

Andrew McCutchen figured if he kept hitting the ball hard that something good eventually would happen. After flying out to the warning track twice...

The Chicago Cubs started Monday by locking up one part of their future, and then pitcher Travis Wood made his case to be the next on the list. ...

The way the Milwaukee Brewers figure it, they were due. Then again, they always seem due when they play the Pittsburgh Pirates. Marco Estrada...

Chicago Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo fulfilled a life-long dream when he signed a seven-year, $41 million contract extension with the team late...

Welington Castillo got his bat on the ball at precisely the right time. Even though it was a complete accident and Castillo didn't get credit for...

Reliever Mark Melancon said his heart sunk. Second baseman Brandon Inge figured, that's it, two runs. Pedro Alvarez watched from third base and...

Don Lutz's mother didn't like the sound of his voice when he called her at home in Germany an hour before he started in left field for the Cincinnati...

Jay Bruce has been getting pitches to hit all season. Lately, he's doing something with them. Bruce homered his first time up, then doubled twice...

Stephen Strasburg was at his dominant best in the early going Saturday, retiring 13 of the first 14 Chicago Cubs he faced, seven via strikeout. ...

Francisco Liriano finally got to pitch for Pittsburgh and, just like that, the Pirates looked like a much better team. He struck out nine and the...

Brandon Phillips homered and made a spectacular rally-busting play -- using his left knee to get a forceout and start a double play -- as the...

The umpires got this one right. Garrett Jones hit a three-run homer -- a call that was correctly overturned by baseball's beleaguered umps -- and...

Yuniesky Betancourt's secret to his home run binge is simple. "Leave the ball on home plate and I swing," the Milwaukee first baseman said. ...

Chicago Cubs manager Dale Sveum has his choice for best starter right now in the major leagues: Travis Wood. Wood pitched impressively into the...