O n Sunday, the Cubs missed an opportunity to have a signature win. They could have taken three of four from a legitimate playoff contender, in their ballpark and even the season

Carson Kelly wasn’t done. Late in the Cubs’ 18-3 win over the Athletics on Monday at Sutter Health Park, there wasn’t much left to be decided in terms of the outcome. But the Chicago catcher still had something left to do.

Kelly’s cycle was one of the most unlikely in recent memory, if not MLB history. The man is a career .224 hitter who runs slowly and rarely hits for power. He entered Monday with just 54 career home runs and 2 (!!) triples over 558 games in the majors.

The Chicago Cubs ... fourth hit of the season and his second RBI. While he has done a nice job at the plate, it's the field in which he has made the greatest impact so far and the end of the game ...

The teams split their four-game series. Boyd gave up four singles and three walks, and he stranded two runners in the second and fourth innings in his Cubs debut after signing a two-year ...

Cubs starting pitcher Jameson Taillon exhales as he walks off the field after retiring the Diamondbacks during the fourth inning Friday ... Never. Chicago sports watchers refer to that as existing.

The Los Angeles Dodgers completed a two-game sweep over the Chicago Cubs with a 6-3 win in the Tokyo Dome on Wednesday morning behind Kike Hernandez's big day.

That was evident when Chicago shortstop Dansby Swanson turned Corbin Carroll's infield single into a game ... fourth. Crow-Armstrong, known for his speed, also scored from first in the Cubs ...

PHOENIX -- — Eugenio Suárez hit a pair of two-run homers, Merrill Kelly threw 5 1/3 solid innings and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Chicago ... of a four-game series. The Cubs counter ...