Coming into Tuesday's doubleheader, the Milwaukee Brewers had all the momentum over the Chicago Cubs. After a stretch of 30 wins in 35 games, they had a nine-game lead over their foes from the Windy City. But the Cubs were the better team for 18 innings at Wrigley Field.

Jameson Taillon’s first big-league start in seven weeks required just six pitches to retire the first two Milwaukee Brewers hitters he faced.

Chicago put a couple runners on in the bottom of the first after Michael Busch and Ian Happ both reached, though the inning could have been worse than it ended up being.

Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy accused the Chicago Cubs of hiding the real reason that their superstar slugger was benched.

In an effort to give him a mental reset, Tucker was not in the lineup for Game 1 of Tuesday’s doubleheader against the Milwaukee Brewers, and manager Craig Counsell was noncommittal about whether he ...

The slumping offense has played a role in Chicago falling nine games behind surging Milwaukee in the NL Central.