Cubs win the regular-season finale, beat Cards 2-0. They finish at 92-70. Seiya Suzuki homered for the fifth time in the last four games and ends with 32 dingers. Playoffs start Tuesday, with Game 1 of a best-of-three series against the Padres. @chicago.suntimes.com

Cade Horton tried. The Cubs tried. But after the rookie righty threw on the outfield grass Saturday, it was clear to them that the team would be without its best starter for the wild-card round and beyond. For the @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/cubs/2025/09...

Cubs beat Cards 7-3, securing home-field advantage for next week's wild-card series vs. Padres. Michael Busch with monster day: two homers, triple, double, four RBIs, two runs scored. Seiya Suzuki homered for fourth time in three days. PCA homered again. @chicago.suntimes.com

Cade Horton heads to the IL, throwing a wrench into the Cubs' postseason pitching planning. For the @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/cubs/2025/09...

Cade Horton goes on the 15-day injured list with rib fracture. Placement retroactive to Sept. 25 (Thursday), will keep him out of next week's wild-card series. Looks like first playoff game he'd be available to pitch would be NLDS Game 5, if necessary, Oct. 11. @chicago.suntimes.com

Jed Hoyer called Kyle Tucker the Cubs' "best hitter" upon his return to the lineup. But is there enough time to get Tucker back in the swing of things before the playoffs start Tuesday? For the @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/cubs/2025/09...

Tucker returned, Suzuki slammed, PCA joined the 30-30 club. Yesterday was a big day for the North Side bats. Are the Cubs coming out of their second-half offensive cooldown at exactly the right time? For the @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/cubs/2025/09...

Cubs rout Cards 12-1 to start regular season's final series. PCA homers, second Cub (Sosa) in 30-30 club. Suzuki hits grand slam, is third Japanese-born player ever to hit 30 homers in a season. Hoerner, Busch also homer. Tucker returns. Cubs offense back? @chicago.suntimes.com

Sox lose to Padres 3-2 in the home finale at Rate Field. Sox hitters drew nine walks but went 0-for-11 with runners in scoring position, scoring their two runs on bases-loaded walks. Sox lose the series and are two losses away from 100 with six games left. @chicago.suntimes.com

With his "idol" and "role model" José Abreu in the house this weekend, Miguel Vargas looked the part of a member of the Sox' core and the next step in the franchise's Cuban legacy that dates back to Minnie Miñoso. For the @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/20...

Sox lose to Padres 7-3. RBI doubles from Miguel Vargas and Kyle Teel made for a small lead early, but Yoendrys Gomez and Fraser Ellard combined to cough up four runs in the sixth and that did it. Lenyn Sosa's ninth-inning homer too little, too late. @chicago.suntimes.com

Grant Taylor: Sox' closer of the future? He looked real good in the ninth last night. The team has a lot of thinking planned for this winter when it comes to his role for 2026. For the @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/20...

José Abreu returned to Rate Field last night and got the ovation he avoided in his last game with the Sox in 2022. But finality wasn't on Abreu's mind, the franchise icon coy about his present and future. "This is not done yet." For the @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/20...

Sox snap their six-game losing streak with a 4-3 win over the Padres. They scored four off former Sox ace Dylan Cease, including two on a Miguel Vargas homer in the first and two more after Cease hit back-to-back batters in the fourth. @chicago.suntimes.com

Hagen Smith was excellent in last night's playoff win for Double-A Birmingham. When's he going to be doing that kind of thing on the South Side? A look at Smith and other top Sox prospects and their proximity to the big leagues, for the @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/20...

Martín Pérez lands on the injured list with a strained shoulder, ending his season with only nine games left. Could he be back with Sox in 2026? Wrote about it the other day for the @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/20...

Sox swept by Orioles with 3-1 loss. Losing streak at six. Mike Tauchman's solo homer the lone offense. Martín Pérez left early with a sore shoulder. They need at least six wins in final nine games to avoid third straight 100-loss season. @chicago.suntimes.com

What kind of winter will it be for the Sox? Once more, it seems to be shaping up as an offseason prioritizing the growth of players already with the organization rather than big free-agent additions. For the @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/20...

Sox lose to Orioles 8-7. Shane Smith matched a season high with six runs allowed, helping create a six-run deficit that not even a five-run eighth could overcome. Kyle Teel homered, and Chase Meidroth is on a 12-game hit streak. But Sox have lost five straight. @chicago.suntimes.com

What's next for Noah Schultz? The Sox are looking ahead to spring training 2026 when it comes to their top pitching prospect. For the @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/20...

Sox drop series-opener with Orioles 4-1. Tyler Alexander allowed a tie-breaking three-run homer in the sixth inning. Sox' pitchers walked six batters. Sox' bats struck out 15 times and mustered only four hits, just one after the second inning. @chicago.suntimes.com

These are the final days of another losing season on the South Side. As fans patiently wait for a winner, Sox brass sees rebuilding progress, not to mention something meaningful in the last dozen games. For the @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/20...

Cubs score a 4-3 comeback win over the Rays to take the weekend series. Shota Imanaga gave up back-to-back homers to start the game. Ian Happ homered in the sixth, and Nico Hoerner flipped the game with a two-out, two-run double in the seventh. @chicago.suntimes.com

Cubs lose to Rays 5-4. An afternoon party celebrating Anthony Rizzo's retirement ends on a sour note for Cubs fans, who watched Porter Hodge allow a game-tying homer in the eighth and Brad Keller give up a game-winning homer in the ninth. @chicago.suntimes.com

"It's all hands on deck" for the Cubs' bullpen in the wake of Daniel Palencia's injury. For the @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/cubs/2025/09...

Cubs top Rays 6-4 to start weekend series. Ian Happ homered as part of three-hit, two-RBI day. Matthew Boyd only went five innings, but the 'pen was good again, perfect actually: 12 up, 12 down. Andrew Kittredge gets his second save since Daniel Palencia hit IL. @chicago.suntimes.com

It's hard to be a contender without a closer, but that's where the Cubs could be. Daniel Palencia's ninth-inning disaster gave him a 9.58 ERA in his last 13 outings. And he hurt his shoulder. On big questions heading toward October, for @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/cubs/2025/09...

Cubs lose to Nats 6-3, drop weekend series. Daniel Palencia crushed in ninth, blowing 3-1 lead. Nats got two HRs, including pinch-hit, three-run shot by Josh Bell. Palencia left with injury before getting an out. Carson Kelly hit two HRs before ninth-inning mess. @chicago.suntimes.com

A "masterful" Matthew Boyd did it all yesterday, effective on the mound, stellar with the glove and a new entrant into the Cubs' record books, thanks to his pickoff move. On Boyd and the Cubs' potentially fierce playoff pitching, for the @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/cubs/2025/09...

Cubs lose to Nats 2-1. They had only three hits, held to one run despite walking seven times. Matthew Boyd was great: seven innings of two-run ball plus set new franchise record with 10 pickoffs this season. PCA left early after fouling a ball off his knee. @chicago.suntimes.com

If the Cubs' lineup is going to look like it did during the first half in time for an October run, it'll need to hit more home runs. Ask and you shall receive. They smacked four of 'em yesterday against the Nats. For the @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/cubs/2025/09...

Cubs start Nationals series with an 11-5 win. They hit four homers, one apiece from Dansby Swanson, Reese McGuire, Nico Hoerner and Ian Happ. Pete Crow-Armstrong, back after two games (mostly) off, had two hits, two RBIs, a run scored and a stolen base. @chicago.suntimes.com

Sox beat Yankees 3-2, avoiding a four-game sweep. Colson Montgomery's 15th homer of the season tied the game in the sixth inning, and Lenyn Sosa's 18th homer of the season put the Sox in front in the eighth. Martin Perez: seven Ks in six innings of two-run ball. @chicago.suntimes.com

Sox lose Aaron Civale to Cubs on a waiver claim. He had a 5.37 ERA in 13 starts with the Sox after they got him in the trade that sent Andrew Vaughn to the Brewers. Bryse Wilson up from Triple-A to take the roster spot. @chicago.suntimes.com

Sox lose 5-3 to Yankees in 11 innings. Sox pitchers held Yanks to three hits till 11th, when Tyler Alexander gave up three runs. Shane Smith was great, allowing just two runs and three hits in his 6.1 innings. For second night in a row, Sox outhit Yanks but lose. @chicago.suntimes.com

The Sox are talking an awful lot about finishing strong as the season approaches its final month. But how can a team looking to build momentum do that with wins in short supply? For the @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/20...

Sox drubbed 10-2 in loss to Yankees. Yoendrys Gomez walked six and gave up five runs, four on grand slam. Grant Taylor had another ugly relief outing, facing four batters, walking two and giving up three runs without recording an out. @chicago.suntimes.com

Luis Robert Jr. would like to stay with the Sox. But he's seen the business of baseball unfold enough to be ready for anything. "I will be happy to stay here as long as they want me here. But I also know that things can change." For the @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/20...

Sox put Miguel Vargas on IL with a sprained hand after he injured it last night when Aaron Judge ran into him at first base. Will Venable said Vargas might not be out long past the 10-day length of IL stay, which would be good considering how painful it looked. @chicago.suntimes.com

A grand night for Miguel Vargas turned gruesome after a run-in with Aaron Judge on a play at first base. On the latest Sox injury, for the @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/20...

Sox lose 10-4 to Yankees. Miguel Vargas hit a game-tying grand slam to erase early 4-0 deficit. But he suffered a wrist injury (a contusion, say Sox) when a legging-out-an-infield-hit Aaron Judge ran into his glove hand on the play that scored the go-ahead run. @chicago.suntimes.com

What does a potentially season-ending hamstring strain mean for Luis Robert Jr.'s future with the Sox? For the @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/20...

Sox score an 8-0 blowout win over the Twins, take the weekend series. Colson Montgomery homered again, this one a 112.5 mph rocket for his 13th of the season, all in his last 28 games. Kyle Teel and Edgar Quero combined for five hits and five RBIs. @chicago.suntimes.com

“And then you go boom.” That’s what Colson Montgomery did last night, flexing his power with a grand slam that was his 12th homer of the season. Will he have the Sox’ lead by year’s end? For the @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/20...

Sox beat Twins 7-3. Colson Montgomery's 12th homer of the season was a second-inning grand slam. He's already five off the team lead in homers after his first 41 big league games. Sox have scored 37 runs in their last five games. @chicago.suntimes.com

Sox lose 9-7 to Twins. Colson Montgomery's homer made it 4-all in fifth. Twins then got four off Sox' pen, including two after Chase Meidroth E4. Sox got within a run with rally in eighth, but Miguel Vargas was out at home trying to score on Montgomery's pop out. @chicago.suntimes.com

The Sox can better develop their young catchers by getting Kyle Teel and Edgar Quero in the same lineup more often. That's more likely now that Korey Lee is back in the bigs as the third catcher. For the @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/20...

Sox DFA infielder Josh Rojas and bring catcher Korey Lee up from Triple-A Charlotte, where he’d been since early June. That puts three catchers — Lee, Kyle Teel and Edgar Quero — on the Sox’ active roster. @chicago.suntimes.com

Is a fractured finger to blame for Kyle Tucker’s late-summer slump? The Cubs aren’t ready to say that yet. But it was the latest hot topic as Tucker returned to the lineup. For the @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/cubs/2025/08...

Shota Imanaga looks like a Game 1 playoff starter. But the Cubs’ low-scoring ways have their postseason fate a hot-button mystery in Wrigleyville. On the final day of the Cubs-Brewers series, for the @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/cubs/2025/08...