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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Madison Bumgarner's 24-inning postseason scoreless streak ended in startling fashion Monday night when Cubs pitcher Jake Arrieta hit a three-run homer off the San Francisco Giants ace. Arrieta connected in the second inning in Game 3 of the NL Division Series...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Joe Panik doubled off the wall in right-center field to drive in Brandon Crawford with the winning run in the 13th inning, and the San Francisco Giants staved off elimination yet again by outlasting the Chicago Cubs 6-5 on Monday night in Game 3 of their NL Division Series...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Sure, Jake Arrieta and Joe Maddon know all about what Madison Bumgarner has done on the postseason stage in recent years. Just how good the big lefty has been and his San Francisco Giants, too. They're 9-0 in elimination games under manager Bruce Bochy, rallying from improbable deficits to win it all three times this decade — every other year, and this is one of those even yea

CHICAGO (AP) — Jon Lester outpitched Johnny Cueto with eight sparkling innings, Javier Baez homered in the eighth and the Chicago Cubs beat the San Francisco Giants 1-0 in a tense Game 1 of their NL Division Series on Friday night. Leste...

NEW YORK (AP) — Madison Bumgarner pitched a four-hitter in his latest postseason gem, Conor Gillaspie hit a three-run homer off Jeurys Familia in the ninth inning, and the San Francisco Giants beat the defending NL champion New York Mets 3-0 Wednesday night in the wild-card game...

Influential singer/songwriter Steve Goodman, who penned hit songs like "City of New Orleans" and "You Never Even Called Me By My Name", passed away at the age of just 36 in 1984 in Seattle from leukemia before ever seeing his beloved Chicago Cubs win a World Series.

(AP) — The San Francisco Giants, Toronto Blue Jays and Baltimore Orioles grabbed the last three playoff spots Sunday, and the October matchups are set. Neat and clean, and no need for all sorts of tiebreakers. It opens Tuesday night when the Orioles visit Toronto in the AL wild-card game...

CHICAGO (AP) — Ichiro Suzuki is expected to be in the Marlins' starting line-up for today's game with the Cubs, as he continues to pursue his 3,000th career hit. The 42-year-old outfielder heads into today's play needing just two hits to reach the mark...

CHICAGO (AP) — Pitcher Jon Lester drove in Jason Heyward with a two-strike squeeze bunt in the 12th inning, and the Chicago Cubs overcame a six-run deficit to beat the Seattle Mariners 7-6 on Sunday night. Heyward sparked the winning rally with a leadoff double off the wall in right-center...

A shutout by Chcicago Cubs ace Jake Arrieta is nothing shocking, but a no-hit bid by Seattle's Wade Miley is. The two matched each other pitch for pitch through sixth with the veteran Miley taking a no-hit game into the bottom of the seventh at Wrigley Field. Despite a gutty effort from the veteran lefty facing the reigning Cy Young award-winning Cubbie, the M's needed late-inning offensive help o