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UNDATED (AP) — The San Francisco Giants have picked up the closer they desperately needed last season.   The Giants say they have agreed to a four-year, $62 million contract with closer Mark Melancon pending a physical. The 31-year-old Melancon collected 47 saves for the Pirates and Nationals last season after leading the majors with 51 in 2015. ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Aroldis Chapman got eight outs in the longest relief appearance of his career and the Chicago Cubs held off Cleveland 3-2 Sunday night, cutting the Indians' lead in the World Series 3-2. The Cubs won a Series game at Wrigley Field for the first time since in 1945...

Rain began to fall in the bottom of the eighth inning, with the Chicago Cubs leading the Cleveland Indians 5-1 in Game 2. Aroldis Chapman got the final four outs and the Chicago Cubs have completed a 5-1 victory over the Cleveland Indians that tied the World Series at one game apiece...

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Latest on the World Series... Even if one team has a big late-inning lead, there could be a daylong wait to finish Game 2 of the World Series if rain hits Progressive Field. While regular-season games can be shortened because of a bad weather as long as the losing team has completed at least five innings, a rules change approved in 2009 mandates that all postseason games and r

In Little League, the Mercy Rule would have ended the game sooner. Mother Nature stepped in to stop the bleeding and embarrassment for the Seattle Mariners as they were lambasted 12-1 by the Chicago Cubs at the Friendly Confines in Wrigley Field after completing just six and a half innings.

CHICAGO (AP) — The owners of the Chicago Cubs have purchased three more rooftop businesses across from Wrigley Field. A spokesman for the Ricketts family said Wednesday that a company owned by the family has purchased two Beyond the Ivy rooftop businesses and Sky Lounge Wrigley Rooftop...

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Cubs clinched a postseason series at Wrigley Field for the first time ever, getting home runs from Kyle Schwarber, Anthony Rizzo and Javier Baez in beating the St. Louis Cardinals 6-4 Tuesday to win the NL Division Series in four games...

CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought against the Chicago Cubs by rooftop clubs adjacent to Wrigley Field. U.S. District Judge Virginia Kendall dismissed the nine counts in the lawsuit Wednesday. The lawsuit was filed in January by Skybox on Sheffield and Lakeview Baseball Club, saying a right-field video board would block their views into the stadium and violate a 2004 re

CHICAGO (AP) — Wrigley Field is ready for the bleacher bums. The Chicago Cubs say expanded bleachers in left and center field will open today when the New York Mets visit. The right-field bleachers are to open next month. The bleachers will feature new group spaces, improved concessions and more room for fans to socialize and watch the game...