Yordan Alvarez and Pete Crow-Armstrong were the AL and NL Player of the Week, respectively.

Pete Crow-Armstrong stepped into the batter’s box with the Cubs down to their final out, and 39,248 fans already standing. Wrigley Field felt tense. Restless. Ready to exhale. Then Crow-Armstrong unleashed a swing that changed everything.

Happ's three-run shot snapped a 4-4 tie and started a six-run inning that helped the Cubs get their first win since May 15. Pinch-hitter Michael Conforto hit a two-run home run later in the inning to extend the lead to 10-4.

CHICAGO (AP) — Gage Jump pitched seven effective innings in his first major league win, and the Athletics beat the Chicago Cubs 2-1 on Tuesday night. Nick Kurtz homered for the A's, who had lost seven of nine.

Last week the Cubs were the Sunday Night game of the week on NBC against the Cardinals. It did not go well for the North Siders with the Cardinals winning 5-1. But the broadcast was pretty good, albeit a little crowded sometimes.

Even in an overall rough season, San Francisco Giants fans have something, or someone, to cheer for and appreciate in 2026.

Armstrong's two home runs and Michael Busch's walk-off single lift the Cubs to a 3-2 win over the Giants in extra innings

They plated the automatic runner placed at second base to begin extras and prevented the Cubs from doing so in their turn to bat. Jonah Cox, in as a pinch-runner, raced home on an opposite-field single from Matt Chapman for only the Giants’ second run of the game that proved to be the difference in a 2-1 win Sunday night against the Cubs,