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11/18 Valaika to Cubs
According to FOX Sports and MLB Network’s Ken Rosenthal, the Cubs have signed infielder Chris Valaika to a Minor League deal with an invitation to Spring Training. Valaika, 28, appeared in 22 games...
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4/7 Minor matters
* Chris Valaika hit a walk-off RBI single to lift Iowa to a 4-3 win over Memphis on Sunday. Iowa erased a 2-1 deficit when Javier Baez hit a pinch-hit home run in the seventh. It was his first Triple-A...
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4/27 Minor matters
Chris Valaika, Jonathan Mota and Eli Whiteside all homered to lift Iowa to a 9-6, 13-inning win over Colorado Springs on Saturday. Arismendy Alcantara had five hits, including a triple, and three RBIs....
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5/12 Minor matters – Sunday’s games
Chris Valaika had three hits and Lars Anderson and Logan Watkins each had three RBI to lift Iowa to a 12-11 win over Nashville. The I-Cubs overcame an eight-run deficit and scored the go-ahead run on a...
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8/1 Cubs roster moves
The Cubs added Felix Doubront to the 25-man roster, but placed him on the disabled list with a left calf strain. Blake Parker was recalled from Triple-A Iowa, and the Cubs purchased the contract of...
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8/2 Cubs lineup
Chris Valaika gets his first start with the Cubs on Saturday in the second game of a three-game series against the Dodgers. Here’s the lineup: Alcantara 2B Coghlan LF Rizzo 1B Castro SS Ruggiano RF...
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8/16 Cubs lineup
Dan Straily makes his Cubs debut on Saturday night against the Mets. Straily, acquired from the Athletics on July 4, will be the 10th starting pitcher used by Cubs this season. Last year, they used...
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9/3 Saying thanks
Chris Valaika took time on Wednesday to visit the firefighters at station No. 78 across from Wrigley Field. Valaika’s brother in law, Carlos Mata, is a fire fighter in Downey, Calif. “It’s something...
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9/6 Pirates 5, Cubs 3 (11 innings)
* Chris Valaika had three hits, and tied the game with an RBI single in the fifth. He has recorded extra-base hits in back-to-back games for the first time since May 1-4 of last year while with the...
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