Thing is, the Yankees were giving off the vibe of a locomotive rolling down the tracks. They’d annihilated the Cubs on Friday, 11-0, and had their best pitcher, Max Fried, on the mound on Saturday. Reason enough to think momentum was on their side, right? Not quite.

NEW YORK – Up in the Yankees’ public address booth, Paul Olden’s significant consecutive games streak ended this weekend. The club’s P.A. announcer since the new Yankee Stadium opened in 2009, Olden is taking time off due to a personal obligation, according to a team statement.

New York Yankees left-hander Max Fried exited Saturday's 5-2 loss to the visiting Chicago Cubs with a blister on his left thumb after laboring through three innings.

Chicago’s Matthew Boyd won a matchup of All-Star left-handers as Max Fried left early because of yet another blister on his pitching hand, and the Cubs stopped the New York Yankees’ five-game winning streak with a 5-2 victory.

The American League defeated the National League in a high-scoring matchup in the 2025 MLB Celebrity Softball Game on Saturday night, winning by the final score of 17-15.

BetMGM bonus code POSTBET is allowing customers to get their first bet back in bonus bets if their first bet doesn’t win, up to $1,500 for Yankees vs. Cubs.

The Stanford Cardinal have had some pretty notable draft picks in their history, from Mark Appel going with the first overall selection in the 2013 MLB Draft, to Kris Bubic and Nico Hoerner both being taken in the first round in 2018.