The Chicago Cubs are proving they are more than just Wrigley Field winners. 

Mark Kotsay hit a seventh-inning double off Chicago Cubs reliever Bob Howry to become the first Atlanta Braves player to hit for the cycle since 1987. 

Tempers flared and both benches emptied after Cubs starter Ted Lilly hit Atlanta shortstop Yunel Escobar in the left arm with a pitch in the sixth inning Thursday night. 

Francisley Bueno was handed his first major league suspension one day after he made his big league debut. 

Making deals in August is a dicey proposition. 

The Chicago Cubs are playing so well on the road, they won two lopsided games away from Wrigley Field in one day. 

A Cubs fans hoisted a sign proclaiming Turner Field to be "Wrigley Field of the South. 

Alfonso Soriano issued an apology to his team and a challenge to the Atlanta Braves after the Chicago Cubs won again on the road. 

Earlier this season, one of the biggest criticisms of the Chicago Cubs was their inability to win consistently on the road. 

Braves slugger Chipper Jones was scratched from Wednesday night's second game of a doubleheader against the Chicago Cubs with a stomach virus. 

--RHP Charlie Morton, who had been slated to pitch Tuesday, will start the first game of Wednesday's doubleheader. 

MEDICAL WATCH: LHP Tom Glavine (flexor tendon tear in left elbow) went on the 15-day disabled list June 11. 

Tom Glavine has been listed as the scheduled starter against the Cubs on Thursday for a couple of days now, but consecutive days of rain in the forecast may shift that around. 

After emerging from a key stretch against division rivals with some breathing room atop the NL Central, the Chicago Cubs received an unexpected day off. 

The Chicago Cubs and Atlanta Braves got another day to recharge their slumping right fielders.