The Chicago Cubs have brought up top pitching prospect Andrew Cashner from Triple-A Iowa and placed struggling left-handed reliever John Grabow on the disabled list with left knee inflammation. The Cubs announced the moves Monday before their game at Pittsburgh. The right-handed Cashner was a starter in the Cubs' farm system until moving to the bullpen last week.

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After a long slump, Albert Pujols has dynamite in his bat again.

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Carlos Zambrano will return to the Chicago Cubs' starting rotation Wednesday at Pittsburgh, after being banished to the bullpen following a series of bad outings. Cubs manager Lou Piniella announced the move before Sunday's game against St. Louis. Zambrano will replace left-hander Tom Gorzelanny, who will move to the bullpen.

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Carlos Silva has gone from simply trying to make the Cubs' rotation in spring training to anchoring it for the first two months of the season. The veteran right-hander struck out a career-high 11 during seven dominant innings to remain unbeaten as the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-0 Saturday.

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When players make accusations about other players, they're usually not as blunt as Casey Blake was Thursday.

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An early morning arrival from San Diego forced the Cardinals to miss some sleep, but they sure didn't look very sluggish at the plate. "Slugging" might be a better word to describe them. Six straight batters got hits off Chicago starter Randy Wells, and St. Louis jumped out to a big early lead that Chris Carpenter made stand up in a 7-1 rout on Friday.

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The Los Angeles Dodgers ' Casey Blake is accusing Chicago Cubs pitcher Ted Lilly of cheating, according to…

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Blasting a solo home run that bounced off the third-story balcony of the Western Metal Supply Co. building in left field, Albert Pujols finally put an end to his slump.

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In a story sent May 26 about a power outage at Wrigley Field, The Associated Press, relying on information provided by the Chicago Cubs, erroneously reported that a fire was to blame and that the local power grid was shut down. A spokesman for the local utility, Commonwealth Edison, says there was no fire.

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Chad Billingsley didn't have his best stuff on Wednesday night but did enough to get the victory.

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