Although the offense has cooled, the first-place Cubs gained ground in the NL Central during a challenging part of the schedule.

Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell makes demoralizing comments about Paul Skenes following the loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates.

The Chicago White Sox have a new starting pitcher and a recent report made it clear they’re willing to deal him.

Locked into another pitchers' duel, the Cubs finally created their opportunity in the 10th, pulling off a double steal to put the winning run 90 feet away with nobody out. David Bednar struck out Jon Berti and got ahead of Ian Happ with two splitters, but the third splitter was lined to right for a walk-off single.

Boyd, who lowered his ERA to 2.79 with a great performance in Saturday’s win, caught Pirates outfielder Tommy Pham off first for the left-hander’s league-leading sixth pickoff of the season, erasing a walk that stood as the only base-runner Boyd allowed after a first-inning home run.

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Among those in attendance was 67-year-old prostate cancer survivor Clark Atwater, who threw out the ceremonial first pitch.

Chicago Cubs fans have to be excited for the success that their long-time right-handed pitcher is finding recently.