CHICAGO - There are three things you can count on in life. Death, Taxes, and Ian Happ delivering against the Pittsburgh Pirates (29-44). The Chicago Cubs (44-28

One of baseball's best run-scoring teams, the Cubs won three out of four this weekend, doing so while scoring only nine runs in the series.

The Pirates lost to the Cubs 3-2 in 10 innings on Sunday afternoon at Wrigley Field. Left fielder Ian Happ had the walk-off single off David Bednar

CHICAGO (AP) — Ian Happ hit a game-ending single in the 10th inning, and the Chicago Cubs edged the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 on Sunday.

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.

The Cubs played 13 games decided by one run among their first 65 — one of every five. They have played four in their last six, including each of the last three.

Pirates ace Paul Skenes struck out five in five scoreless innings. Skenes was matched by Cade Horton, who permitted three hits in 5 2/3 shutout innings.

CHICAGO - At some point, you knew the Chicago Cubs (42-28) would lose a few, but no one expected it to regress this quickly. Stuck in the middle of a lengthy of

Don Kelly speaks after the Pirates' 3-2 loss in extras to the Cubs, breaking down Mitch Keller's start, praising the team for competing all series, and more

In their first 60 games, the Cubs scored an average of 5.82 runs per game. In their last 10, they have averaged 3.10 — and 21 of their 31 came in jus