White Sox at Cubs — the Crosstown Come-Up — takes the stage Monday, a series this city deserves
<p>The <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/cubs" >Cubs</a> came into this weekend’s series with the Cardinals as one of the hottest teams in baseball. They had won nine of their last 12 and were beginning to creep up on the division-leading Brewers.</p><p>Now they’re entering a three-game set with the White Sox in a much worse place.</p><p>The Cubs lost 11-4 to the Cardinals on Sunday to drop the final two games of the series.
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<p>The <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/cubs" >Cubs</a> came into this weekend’s series with the Cardinals as one of the hottest teams in baseball. They had won nine of their last 12 and were beginning to creep up on the division-leading Brewers.</p><p>Now they’re entering a three-game set with the White Sox in a much worse place.</p><p>The Cubs lost 11-4 to the Cardinals on Sunday to drop the final two games of the series. Shortstop Dansby Swanson will get an MRI and is headed to the injured list after injuring his left oblique on a third-inning swing, and starting pitcher Edward Cabrera returned from the IL to give up seven runs in 3 2/3 innings.</p><p>No, that’s not the way to step into this series against the crosstown rival for <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/cubs/2026/08/16/white-sox-cubs-crosstown-rivalry-wrigley-field-chicago" >the biggest-ever Cubs-Sox series at Wrigley Field</a> and the teams’ most high-stakes matchup since the 1906 World Series. The Sox have a 5 1/2-game division lead, just swept the Tigers in Detroit, beat the Cubs twice in May and have powerful bats that can punish a staff’s mistakes, which St.
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- <p>The <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/cubs" >Cubs</a> came into this weekend’s series with the Cardinals as one of the hottest teams in baseball. They had won nine of their last 12 and were beginning to creep up on the division-leading Brewers.</p><p>Now they’re entering a three-game set with the White Sox in a much worse place.</p><p>The Cubs lost 11-4 to the Cardinals on Sunday to drop the final two games of the series.
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Cubs stagger into White Sox series after losing Dansby Swanson and seeing Edward Cabrera get rocked
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