3B Kris Bryant was 1-for-4 with his 12th homer of the season, a solo shot in the third inning on Friday. He's tied for the team lead with Anthony Rizzo and for third place in the National League. Bryant had been 0-for-13 against the Cardinals this season. His 11 solo home runs are tied for second most in the major leagues.

3B Kris Bryant (1-for-4) hit a game-tying solo homer in the first and is tied with Anthony Rizzo for the team lead with 11. Bryant hit .258 with a double, four homers, five RBIs, 10 runs scored and five walks during the nine-game homestand.

3B Kris Bryant clubbed a pair of home runs Sunday against the Brewers to mark his ninth and 10th home runs of the season. Bryant has two multiple-home runs games this season and nine in his career. The reigning National League Most Valuable Player has hit three home runs in his past three games and eight home runs in his past 18 contests.

3B Kris Bryant (1-for-4) slugged a solo home run in the fourth inning and now has hit safely in 16 of his 19 home games against the Reds. Overall, he has hit .356 with seven homers, seven doubles, 17 RBIs and 10 walks against Cincinnati. His 12 career homers against the Reds are the most against any one opponent.

3B Kris Bryant (stomach bug) didn't start for the third straight game, although he was available for pinch-hitting duty if needed. Bryant fell ill before the series opener Friday night and was scratched just before manager Joe Maddon handed the lineup card to the umpires, then sat out again Saturday. Bryant is one of the few Cubs to get off to a good start, batting .299 with seven homers and 18 RBIs.

3B/OF Kris Bryant (stomach bug) was scratched just before the first pitch Friday night. Bryant was announced in the starting lineup by the stadium's PA announcer at 7 p.m., although he apparently didn't feel well during batting practice. After Chicago's 3-2 win, manager Joe Maddon said Bryant won't start Saturday, which means the team will have to do without their most consistent hitter in the season's first six weeks.

3B Kris Bryant, who broke up German Marquez's no-hitter with a leadoff double in the seventh, has reached base in 19 of his past 20 games. During that span, he is hitting .350 with a .448 on-base percentage.

3B Kris Bryant made his first starts of the season in the outfield when he played right field both games. His previous 31 starts this season were at third base. Last season, Bryant appeared in 14 games in right field, 50 in left field, one in center and 104 at third base. He called it a "change of scenery" and welcomed the start in the outfield. "You don't have to really worry about the short two-hopper, the in-between hopper that you have to come and get," Bryant said. "I've always liked moving to the outfield here and there because it changes up my mind a little bit. I wouldn't say it's relaxing, but you're not involved in every single play." Bryant said heightened focus can be a challenge at times in the outfield. "That's why I feel it'd be tough to play there every day," he said. "I'd probably get used to it if I did make that switch, but you're thinking about your at-bats more often because there's more down time, I guess. I don't know if that's necessarily a good thing but here and there it might be good."

3B Kris Bryant was in the lineup in right field Monday before the game was rained out. Bryant played third base in each of the Cubs previous 31 games. After he played 18 innings at the position Sunday night, manager Joe Maddon said, "Putting KB in the outfield, I thought he might actually enjoy the vacation out there." Last season, Bryant appeared in 14 games in right field, 50 in left field, one in center and 104 at third base. Bryant has reached base safely in 18 straight games, the second-longest streak of his career. He reached base safely in a career-best 21 consecutive games last season from Aug. 14-Sept. 4.

3B Kris Bryant went 4-for-5 and also walked once, collecting his fifth career game with at least four hits. He has now reached base in 15 consecutive games dating to April 18, the longest streak of his career. He's batting .424 in that span. Bryant's average improved to .321, the first time this season he's above .300.

3B Kris Bryant was 1-for-3 with a first-inning home run and his sixth home run of the season extended an on-base streak to 16 straight games. It's the second-longest such streak in his career. He has hit safely in 15 of those games, batting .413 with six doubles, one triple, four homers, 16 runs, nine RBIs and 10 walks.

3B Kris Bryant was 2-for-4 with a triple and his 70th career home run, a solo shot in the first inning. It was his third career game with both a home run and three-base hit. He's batting .333 (20-for-60) with five homers and 14 RBIs in 15 career games against Philadelphia.

3B Kris Bryant extended his hitting streak to 11 games with a solo homer in Sunday's game against the Red Sox. Bryant blasted an 0-1 fastball from LHP Eduardo Rodriguez an estimated 410 feet into the seats in left-center in the fifth. It was his fourth homer of the year and he joined Nate Schierholtz (2) as the only two Cubs players with multiple homers at Fenway.

3B Kris Bryant, whose dad was drafted by and played two years in the Red Sox farm system, hit the longest Fenway home run of the season -- 449 feet -- in the first inning and pointed up into the stands, at his parents, as he crossed the plate. Bryant also made a nifty play to turn a soft liner into an unassisted double play in the fourth inning, but struck out his last two times up. He is 11-for-28 on the current road trip and has a nine-game hitting streak.

3B Kris Bryant hit a towering shot off the left-field scoreboard for his first home run of the season Saturday against the Pirates. Only six home runs have dented Wrigley Field s left-field scoreboard since it was unveiled in 2015, and four of those six blasts belong to Bryant. Last season, Bryant hit 39 home runs.

3B Kris Bryant was 1-for-4 with a double, a walk and an RBI and drove in the game's first run with a two-out two-base hit in the third inning. He has reached base in 12 of 21 plate appearances over his last four games.

3B Kris Bryant recorded his second three-hit day in a row Sunday in the Cubs' 7-4 victory at Milwaukee. Bryant reached in all four of his plate appearances, singling three times and drawing a walk in the seventh. After starting the season 0-for-13 at the plate, he went 7-for-12 in the three games against the Brewers.

3B Kris Bryant has broken out of his season-opening slump. After snapping an 0-for-14 skid Friday with a base hit, Bryant recorded three Saturday while driving in three runs in Chicago's 11-6 victory at Milwaukee. He batted .340 with five doubles, four home runs and 15 RBIs in Cactus League play but went hitless in his first three regular season contests.

3B Kris Bryant had his first hit of the season on Friday with a two-out single in the fifth inning off Milwaukee's Jimmy Nelson. Including a first-inning flyout, Bryant had been 0-for-14 since the season started, the longest hitless streak to open a year by a reigning MVP since Ryne Sandberg went 0-for-13 in 1985.

--3B Kris Bryant went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts, finishing a fruitless first series offensively which saw him go 0-for-13 with six strikeouts. But Bryant did draw a walk in the seventh inning and eventually scored Chicago's final run. Facing Milwaukee pitching this weekend in a good home-run park should get Bryant on track for another big season, as he faces Jimmy Nelson Friday night.