“Matt Shaw was unavailable today,” Cubs manager Craig Counsell said after Sunday’s 1-0 loss to the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park. “He attended the funeral of a friend.” Kirk attended a recent Cubs game at Wrigley Field and posed with Shaw and teammate Michael Busch.

For six-plus inning, something special was in the works at Great American Ball Park with Cincinnati Reds' starter Hunter Greene on the mound.

Efforts to write off the Reds have been erased -- multiple times. Nailing their playoff hopes in a coffin has repeatedly been foiled Beatrix Kiddo-style, like in the movie "Kill Bill." Not only are the Reds still alive for a postseason spot,

The night of Kirk's death, Shaw was scratched from Chicago's starting lineup for unspecified personal reasons.

The playoffs have started early for the Cincinnati Reds, who pulled aggressive levers all night to beat the Chicago Cubs and inch toward playoff spot.

The Chicago Cubs could potentially clinch a playoff spot for the first time in five seasons, and can do so as soon as Wednesday.

There's nothing better than starting a great sports weekend than a Cubs game on Friday afternoon. And today, we're in for a treat when the Washington Nationals travel to Chicago for the first of a three-game series with the Cubs, who are looking to secure ...

As soon as Pete Crow-Armstrong struck out to cap a Cincinnati Reds four-game sweep of the Chicago Cubs , the Brewers popped corks, unscrewed caps and clinched a division. For the third year in a row, the kings of the National League Central reside in Milwaukee.

The Cubs, on the cusp of clinching home field for the Wild Card series against the Padres, have not been able to take a single digit off the magic number for such things since Friday. It remains at 4 after the Cubs lost to the Reds 1-0 for the second time this weekend, and the Padres defeated the White Sox in Chicago Sunday afternoon.