3B Kris Bryant went 2-for-4 Wednesday with a double against the Padres. The University of San Diego product is 7-for-22 (.318) in two trips to Petco Park with three homers (two in the first two games of this series) and six RBIs.

3B Kris Bryant hit his 33rd homer Tuesday night to remain tied with Colorado's Nolan Arenado for the National League lead. Tuesday marked the ninth time this season that Bryant homered in back-to-back games. He is hitting .481 (13-for-27) during a seven-game hitting streak. Bryant is batting .409 (27-for-66) over his past 15 games with seven home runs, 18 RBIs and 20 runs.

3B Kris Bryant moved into a tie for the National League home run lead with his 32nd on Monday at San Diego. He tied Colorado 3B Nolan Arenado. Bryant is hitting .406 (26-for-64) with six home runs, 16 RBIs and 18 runs in his past 15 games.

3B Kris Bryant, who went 1-for-4 on Sunday at Coors Field, has hit safely in 14 of 18 games in August with nine multi-hit games. He is hitting .373 (28-for-75) in that span with four doubles, one triple, five homers, 15 RBIs and 17 runs.

3B Kris Bryant went 5-for-5 with two homers, four runs scored and five RBIs on Thursday. It was his fourth career game with at least five RBI and third this season. Bryant matched career bests in hits and runs scored. "You really have to enjoy a 5-for-5 day, they don't happen too much,'' Bryant said. " It was a fun day to hit, that's for sure."

3B Kris Bryant was 2-for-3 with a walk and a two-out RBI single to left in the third inning to give the Cubs a 1-0 lead. He's now hit safely in eight of his last nine games, going 14-for-37 during that stretch. Bryant has a .342 average with 39 games in 46 games against NL Central opponents this season.

3B Kris Bryant went 3-for-5 with two doubles and two runs. It was his fourth multi-double game of the year and first since June 27 at Cincinnati. It was also his first multi-RBI game in more than a month (July 4 vs. Cincinnati). Bryant extended his hitting streak to five games and has scored a run in five straight contests (six total).

3B Kris Bryant belted his team-leading 28th home run of the season in the fifth inning. It was his second blast over the left field fence and onto Waveland Ave. this season. He leads the NL with 84 runs scored.

3B/OF Kris Bryant hit his career single-season high 27th home run leading off the sixth inning in a 3-1 victory against Oakland on Sunday. Bryant sent LHP Sean Manaea's first pitch high and deep to left. Bryant went 2-for-3 and walked twice. "He had a nice day," Cubs manager Joe Maddon said. "Took his walks, accepted his walks. The home run got us going obviously. The first at-bat, that really well-struck ball past the second baseman indicated to me he was seeing the ball and he was feeling pretty good. Their pitcher escaped a lot of moments but he did have really good stuff. We had a chance to score many more runs than we did. KB, that's who he is. He's going to get really hot again. When he starts looking like that, heads up."

3B Kris Bryant (3-for-3 with two walks, a run and RBI and stolen base) collected his eighth game with three or more hits the season - the most on the Cubs. He's batting .352 since June 27 and has hit safely in 24 of 28 games during that span. Bryant joined Nolan Arenado as the only NL player with at least 25 doubles and 25 home runs.

3B Kris Bryant went 1-for-3 with a home run -- a solo shot that was his team-leading 26th of the season. He scored his 80th and 81st runs of the season, making him one of just four players in baseball with at least 80 runs.

3B Kris Bryant filled the designated hitter role Tuesday after manager Joe Maddon said the National League MVP candidate wasn't feeling 100 percent after going into second base hard on a headfirst slide Monday night. Maddon said Bryant's head took the brunt of the contact with White Sox 2B Tyler Saladino. Bryant struggled against White Sox LHP James Shields on Tuesday and finished 0-for-4 with three strikeouts. "That's an experience moment," Maddon said. "We're young offensively, and I think we've seen (opposing pitchers) who really know what they're doing, and they've taken advantage of our youth."

3B Kris Bryant was used as the designated hitter on Tuesday after still not feeling 100 percent from a hard headfirst slide into second base in the ninth inning on Monday night. Manager Joe Maddon said Bryant's head took the brunt of the contact, but he also was experiencing hand pain.

3B Kris Bryant was a bit dizzy after trying to advance to second base on a ninth-inning RBI single. Bryant went hard headfirst into second and collided with White Sox 2B Tyler Saladino, who made the tag. Bryant returned to the game in the bottom of the ninth inning. He extended his hitting streak to eight games with a third-inning single. He has gone 11-for-34 with two doubles and five runs during his streak and is batting .348 with six doubles, seven home runs and 14 RBIs over his past 24 games.

3B Kris Bryant singled and scored a pair of runs Sunday at Milwaukee, extending his hitting streak to seven games. Bryant has reached base in 15 of his last 16 games and is batting .309 (21-for-68) with four doubles, three home runs and five RBI in 19 July contests.

3B Kris Bryant was 2-for-5 with a double, stolen base and two runs scored on Wednesday against the Mets. He's now batting .360 in his last 20 games. Wednesday's effort was his 23rd multi-hit game of the season. Since making his debut last season, the Cubs are 47-11 when Bryant has two or more hits in a game.

RF Kris Bryant went 2-for-5 on Tuesday night and is batting .357 in his last 19 games. Bryant grounded into a game-ending double play, his first in 344 at-bats entering Tuesday's game. He continues to lead the National League with 25 home runs.

3B Kris Bryant has hit safely in 14 of his last 17 games, batting .355 during the stretch. He had one of the Cubs' four hits Sunday. He's batting .282 for the season with a National League-leading 25 home runs plus 65 RBI.

3B Kris Bryant is not only the Cubs' first-half MVP, but his numbers and performance would also make him a top contender for NL honors. The versatile third baseman/outfielder is batting .286 in his second season. He has played in a team-high 86 of the Cubs' 88 games and appeared at three different infield positions in addition to playing 35 games in the outfield. Bryant, the 2015 NL Rookie of the Year, has a league-leading 25 home runs and is second in the majors behind Baltimore's Mark Trumbo (28). Bryant's 73 runs top the league. He is third with 65 RBIs, and his 190 total bases also rank third.

Madison Bumgarner is 9-4 with a 2.09 ERA for the first-place San Francisco Giants, the team with the best record in the National League. Jake Arrieta is 12-3 with a 2.33 ERA for the first-place Chicago Cubs and has pitched a no-hitter. Stephen Strasburg is 11-0 with a 2.71 ERA for the first-place Washington Nationals. And Jose Fernandez of the Miami Marlins is averaging 13.1 strikeouts per nine innings, something only Randy Johnson and Pedro Martinez have done in a full season.It looks like the race for the National League Cy Young is a hot one and yet it really isn't as we head into the mythical midpoint of the baseball season. Los Angeles Dodgers lefty Clayton Kershaw would win the hardware if it were given today, even though he is on the 15-day disabled list at the moment. Kershaw has compiled an 11-2 record with a 1.79 ERA and in 121 innings has struck out 145 and walked just nine.With the mathematical midpoint of the season still big in the rearview mirror and the All-Star Game break... [More]