Cubs
Mejia homers, doubles: Rays rip Cubs 8-2 in shortened game
Francisco Mejia homered and drove in three runs to help the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Chicago Cubs 8-2 on Wednesday night in a game that was called after 5 1/2 innings due to rain.
Chicago Journal
Blackhawks
DeBrincat scores in last minute of OT, Chicago beats Arizona
Alex DeBrincat scored his 40th goal of the season with 37 seconds left in overtime. Jake McCabe, Dominik Kubalik, and Alex Vlasic also scored for Blackhawks.
White Sox
Ramírez slam, 5 RBIs as Guardians sweep White Sox 11-1, 2-1
In the first game, Ramírez’s slam highlighted a nine-run second inning against Dallas Keuchel, who was roughed up for a career-high 10 runs. The former Cy Young Award winner allowed eight straight hits opening the inning before being pulled with no outs.
Cubs
Franco homers in Wrigley debut, Rays beat Cubs 6-5
Cubs rookie Seiya Suzuki drew three walks but his nine-game hitting streak came to an end, leaving him tied with Akinori Iwamura for the longest hitting streak by a Japanese-born player to start a career.
Illinois News
Pritzker signs state budget and lifts mask mandate for public transit
Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday signed into law a state budget that aims to soften the blow of inflation with $1.8 billion in tax breaks and direct payments to Illinois consumers, an outline Republicans derided as an election-year ploy.
Cubs
Suzuki extends hitting streak to 9, Cubs beat cold Rays 4-2
Suzuki singled to left leading off the fourth, matching the mark that Iwamura set with the Rays in 2007 and tying Andy Pafko’s record for a Cubs player at the start of his career, set in 1943. Suzuki is batting .429 after a 2 for 3 night.
Blackhawks
Gaudreau, Markstrom help Flames beat Blackhawks 5-2
Chicago (25-40-11) lost for the 10th time in 11 games. Tyler Johnson and Alec Regula scored, and Kevin Lankinen made 30 stops.
Cubs
Former Cubs ace Jake Arrieta says he's retiring
Arrieta, a fifth-round pick by the Orioles in the 2007 amateur draft, was a dominant force in 2015, going 22-6 with a sparkling 1.77 ERA in 33 starts. He followed his Cy Young campaign with 18 wins and a 3.10 ERA in 31 starts in 2016.
Chicago News
U.S. Attorney announces no federal charges against Jason Van Dyke
Federal authorities on Monday said they will not criminally charge Jason Van Dyke, the former Chicago police officer convicted of murder in the 2014 shooting death of black teenager Laquan McDonald.
Illinois Business
Illinois natural gas pipeline future in doubt after SCOTUS rejection
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a St. Louis-based natural gas company's appeal of a lower court's decision that could close a pipeline that runs through parts of Illinois and Missouri. The court rejected the appeal without comment.
Crime
Man shot and killed on Easter Sunday in Auburn Gresham
Police said a 27-year-old male victim was outside when he was shot at by an unidentified offender. The victim sustained one gunshot wound to the thigh and was later pronounced dead at the hospital.
Bulls
Bucks bounce back after blowing big lead to beat Bulls 93-86
Nikola Vucevic had 24 points and 17 rebounds for the Bulls, making their first playoff appearance in five years. LaVine had 18 points and 10 rebounds. DeMar DeRozan had 18 points, eight rebounds and six assists.