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The Texas Rangers signed catcher Koyie Hill to a minor league contract on Tuesday.Hill started the season with the Cubs and batted .179 with one RBI in 11 games before being designated for assignment on June 14.The 33-year-old Hill signed with the Nationals on June 19, but was released by Washington on August 3 after hitting .163 with two homers and nine RBI in 31 games at Triple-A Syracuse.Hill has a career major league average of .210 with eight homers and 76 RBI in 313 games with the Dodgers (2003), Diamondbacks (2004-05), and Cubs (2007-12).He will join Triple-A Round Rock of the Pacific Coast League....
Barry Zito pitched 8 1-3 scoreless innings for his 150th career win and Joaquin Arias snapped an 18 at-bat hitless stretch with an RBI single that led the San Franci...
Barry Zito came within two outs of throwing his second shutout of the season Sunday and the Giants beat the Cubs for the third day in a row, 2-0.Pitching a gem, Zito...
The Chicago Cubs didn't come to close to ending their longest losing streak in more than 15 years.Pedro Alvarez, Andrew McCutchen and Garrett Jones homered, Erik Bed...
Pedro Alvarez hit a three-run homer and had four RBI as the Pittsburgh Pirates completed a three-game sweep of the Chicago Cubs with a 10-4 victory on Sunday at PNC ...
A. J. Burnett worked 5 1/3 scoreless innings and the Pittsburgh bullpen took care of the rest as the Pirates slipped past the Cubs, 1-0, dealing Chicago its 10th str...
David Ortiz homered and Ryan Kalish had a tiebreaking RBI single to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 7-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Sunday night.Kalish also scored...
Another left-handed starter, another loss for the Chicago Cubs.It's the same old frustrating story on the North Side.After the bullpen let the game slip away, the Cu...
Theo Epstein may be a baby-faced executive, but has wits beyond his years and constructed a pair of World Series-winning teams with the Boston Red Sox in 2004 and 20...
The Chicago Cubs made several roster moves Thursday involving their depth at catcher.The Cubs activated catcher Welington Castillo off the 15-day disabled list, plac...
Justin Verlander pitched eight solid innings for his first win in a month and the Detroit Tigers beat the Chicago Cubs 5-3 on Thursday in front of another receptive ...
Travis Wood was pumped up for his matchup against Justin Verlander, and he held up just fine.Verlander was just a tick better.Wood pitched into the seventh inning, b...
Justin Verlander continued his interleague dominance with eight strong innings, and the Detroit Tigers beat the Chicago Cubs, 5-3, to win a three-game series at Wrig...
The Chicago Cubs have acquired catcher Koyie Hill from the Cincinnati Reds for cash considerations.The switch-hitter batted .195 with three doubles, one home run and...
Catcher Koyie Hill and the Chicago Cubs have agreed to an $850,000, one-year contract, avoiding arbitration.The 31-year-old signed with the Cubs in 2007 and is enter...
Hiroki Kuroda took a no-hitter into the seventh inning, and Nick Swisher and Mark Teixeira belted back-to-back homers, as the New York Yankees topped the Texas Range...
Two harmless singles. Four balls out of the infield. One runner who reached second base.Josh Hamilton and the Texas Rangers looked uncharacteristically feeble agains...
The New York Yankees are in need of a reliable ace right now. Hiroki Kuroda has been the man for the job.Kuroda pitched a two-hitter and the Yankees got consecutive ...
The Washington Nationals have signed catcher Koyie Hill to a minor league contract. He will report to Triple-A Syracuse.Hill hit .179 in 11 games for the Cubs this s...
Jeff Samardzija can avoid a sweep and end a prolonged road skid today when the Chicago Cubs close out a four-game series with the San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park.T...