Angel Guzman

Roger Clemens earned his first victory in more than nine months in Houston's 7-2 trouncing of the Cubs on Monday night at Minute Maid Park, despite throwing 115 pitches in a five-inning stint. "He was good, but he wasn't Roger," Cubs manager Dusty...

Questions about Mark Prior's health surfaced again Thursday after another shaky outing in an 8-6 loss to Milwaukee, but the answers were as elusive as Prior himself. Whether Prior will make his next start is up in the air, and the possibility of Prior...

Carlos Zambrano went winless in April 2006 but still managed to tie for the National League lead with 16 victories by season's end. After Saturday's 8-1 triumph over St. Louis at Busch Stadium, Zambrano ended another subpar April with two victories....

Derrek Lee was driven from Des Moines to Minneapolis after Saturday night's game at Triple-A Iowa, getting only a few hours of sleep before his long-awaited return to the Cubs' lineup. The rest of the Cubs had no excuse for sleepwalking through Sunday'...

The Maxwell Street market has moved, Marshall Field's is Macy's and Soldier Field looks like it has been sideswiped by a UFO. But those Chicagoans resistant to change can rest assured the Cubs are still the Cubs. The Central Division cellar-dwellers...

If Cubs right-hander Angel Guzman turned the corner last week, he did a U-turn Monday night at PNC Park. Guzman allowed eight runs on 10 hits in three innings of an 11-6 loss to Pittsburgh, forcing manager Dusty Baker to dip into his bullpen early again....

Imagine Kerry Wood and Mark Prior coming back to the Cubs at the end of May and discovering there's no room in the rotation. While that's an unlikely scenario, rookie left-hander Sean Marshall doesn't look like a guy simply making a cameo appearance...

With 14 of their first 22 games scheduled at home this season, the Cubs were looking to get off to a good start before the arrival of summer-like weather. But Sunday's 12-9, 10-inning loss to St. Louis on a warm and windy afternoon on the North Side,...

The Cubs set their four-man rotation Thursday when they officially named rookie left-hander Sean Marshall as their No. 4 starter. Marshall's first test should give everyone a good idea what he's made of because the Cubs plan to throw him April 9...

Just before the ninth inning Wednesday, a fan in the premium box seats at Wrigley Field sailed a paper airplane into the Cubs' dugout, nearly hitting manager Dusty Baker as he stood near the top step. Baker was oblivious to the airplane as he watched the...

Cubs manager Dusty Baker's annual spring training "surprise" may have been revealed Tuesday with 23-year-old Sean Marshall providing the shock value. The rising young left-hander with only 10 starts at the Double-A level will get an opportunity to join...

Coors Field has been de-juiced since the Rockies began putting game balls in a humidor a few years ago, leading to more low-scoring games than in the past. "Something's up," manager Dusty Baker said before Friday night's game. But Rich Hill discovered...