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Cubs activate Dansby Swanson from IL; he’ll bat sixth Saturday

The shortstop is hitting .258/.343/.409 with 10 home runs.

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Nico Hoerner hopes recent grand slam shows way out of hitting funk

Cubs notebook: Michael Fulmer to start Saturday; Dansby Swanson getting closer to return.

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Nico Hoerner’s grand slam seals Cubs’ series victory vs. Nationals

Mike Tauchman hit a leadoff, opposite-field home run off former Cub Trevor Williams in the first and a pair of RBI doubles, in the fourth and seventh.

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Paul Sullivan: Two years after the great sell-off, are the Cubs in a better position?

CHICAGO — The narrative that the Chicago Cubs are facing an Aug. 1 deadline to decide on their future has been bandied about recently, and it makes sense considering two of their biggest stars can leave as free agents at the end of the season.

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‘That’s a veteran move’: Cubs’ Miguel Amaya impressing with growth behind the plate

Notes: The Cubs scratched Christopher Morel from the lineup Tuesday.

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Mike Tauchman taking advantage of playing time during Dansby Swanson’s recovery

He reached base in all five of his plate appearances Sunday with three walks and two singles. He also scored two runs and drove in one.

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Nico Hoerner’s misplay looms large in Cubs’, Justin Steele’s unraveling

The Red Sox’ Masataka Yoshida, who might not have batted in the fifth inning had Hoerner made the play, hit a grand slam to right.

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‘Rust’? More like bust. These Cubs are almost out of chances to make their season matter

In an 11-5 loss to the Red Sox on Sunday, the Cubs looked like a team late for a long nap, not a team fighting for its life with time disappearing before president Jed Hoyer says to hell with it and goes into sell mode.

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‘They just haven’t been watching’: Nico Hoerner’s teammates make his All-Star case

Hoerner leads National League second basemen in outs above average (seven) and defensive WAR (7.0), according to FanGraphs.

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Cubs prove they can win ‘messy’ games as defense lifts them past Brewers

Ian Happ threw out two runners at the plate in extra innings in the Cubs’ 7-6 victory in 11 innings Tuesday.

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Cubs’ bunting gaffes negate promising developments vs. Phillies

The Cubs are on a four-game losing streak after being swept by the Phillies.

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Cubs play through smoke, lose first game back from London 5-1 to Phillies

The Cubs opened a seven-game homestand on Tuesday.

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Cubs’ Trey Mancini apologizes for costly error: ‘The game’s 100% on me’

Mancini also hit a two-run double in his only at-bat of the Cubs’ 7-5 loss to the Cardinals on Sunday.

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Cubs, Cardinals leveraging rivalry to be ambassadors for baseball in London

The Cubs and Cardinals open a two-game series Saturday at London Stadium.

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Cubs’ sweep of Pirates complete — and London is calling

The Cubs, on a 10-2 tear, have it going heading into a two-game set against the Cardinals.

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Cubs beat Pirates 8-0 for eighth win in last 10 games

The Cubs didn’t have to hammer young Osvaldo Bido — who was making his second career start — to get to him. Instead, they stayed back on pitches and repeatedly took him right up the middle. As a good offensive team does?

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World Series talk in the Cubs’ clubhouse? You’d better believe it … sort of

Also: Marcus Stroman weighs in on likely All-Star nod.

Chicago Tribune

Paul Sullivan: Cubs ride Wrigley wave to 5th straight win. ‘We’re playing a good brand of baseball.’

CHICAGO — For much of the past two months the Chicago Cubs have talked about the kind of baseball they were capable of playing if everyone did his part.

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Justin Steele returns, Cubs beat Orioles for fifth straight win

The Cubs have won seven of eight and pulled within four games of .500.

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Cubs power past Orioles to win fourth straight

The Cubs hit three third-inning home runs and broke the game open with a six-run sixth, scoring in double-digits for the third time in four games.

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Even in down seasons, Cubs and White Sox have players worthy of All-Star recognition

A handful of Cubs and Sox and Cubs have been star-level by the numbers. Let’s take a look at them.

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‘Now we go’: Jameson Taillon notches first win as a Cub vs. Padres

In the Cubs’ 2-1 win Friday, Taillon held the Padres to one run and three hits in 5 2⁄3 innings.

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Kodai Senga settles down but Mets fall to Cubs, 4-2

CHICAGO — Francisco Alvarez did all he could to will his club to a victory Wednesday night at Wrigley Field going 2 for 3 with a two-run homer off former Mets right-hander Marcus Stroman. But the Mets’ bats were as cold as the nearly 20-mph winds blowing in from Lake…

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Paul Sullivan: Why did Christopher Morel start this season in the minors? It calls other Cubs personnel decisions into question.

CHICAGO — Jed Hoyer is a man of few regrets, so it was no surprise the Chicago Cubs president didn’t second-guess his decision to send Christopher Morel to Triple-A Iowa to start the season.

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Baseball by the Numbers: The case for defense

The Cubs are far better than the White Sox on that side of the ball, but don’t blame Luis Robert Jr. for that.

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