Cubs hammer Reds 12-5
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CHICAGO -- Todd Walker homered and drove in four runs, Carlos Zambrano won his fourth straight decision and the Chicago Cubs extended their lead in the NL wild-card race with a 12-5 victory over the Cincinnati Reds tonight.
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PITTSBURGH The Chicago Cubs pulled out a 5-to-4 win at Pittsburgh on Salomon Torres&#39; wild pitch in the tenth inning. Corey Patterson led off the tenth with a double before scoring the go-ahead run in the Cubs&#39; tenth victory in 13 games.
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Aramis Ramirez hits two three-run homers to help the Cubs beat the Pirates, 13-8, strengthening their hold on first place in the NL Central.
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The Chicago Cubs beat the St Louis Cardinals 12-3 to regain a share of first place in the National League Central Division on Monday, Aramis Ramirez leading the onslaught with two home runs.
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Kyle Lohse doubled in two runs and gave up three hits over six innings to help the Cincinnati Reds keep their slim playoff hopes alive with a 5-1 victory over the Florida Marlins on Thursday night.
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Rebounding from a tough defeat a day earlier, the Milwaukee Brewers pounded the Chicago Cubs 13-4 on Saturday, with Ben Sheets recording his 10th victory of the season.
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Aramis Ramirez hit a two-out, two-run homer in the ninth inning, capping a three-run rally against Milwaukee closer Francisco Cordero and leading the Chicago Cubs over the Brewers 6-5 Friday for their seventh straight win.
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Adam Dunn reached 100 RBIs for the first time with his 44th home run, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Cubs 8-3 on Tuesday night &#151; a loss that could be costly for Chicago in the NL wild-card race.
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The Chicago Cubs squeezed out a 3-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds to move back to the top of the National League's Central Division on Wednesday.
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CHICAGO The Atlanta Braves damaged the Chicago Cubs&#39; wild-card hopes by building a 5-to-1 lead in a 5-to-4 win at Wrigley Field.
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Roger Clemens got his 326th win to tie Eddie Plank for 11th on the career list, and the Houston Astros hit four first-inning home runs to beat the Cincinnati Reds 5-2 Wednesday and tie a team record with their 12th straight win.
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Corey Patterson scampered home following Salomon Torres&#39;s wild pitch in the first extra inning to give the playoff-hopeful Chicago Cubs a 5-4 win over the host Pittsburgh Pirates in the National League Tuesday.
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com. The Chicago Cubs opened a one-game lead in the National League Wild Card standings with a 12-5 victory Monday night over the Cincinnati Reds at Wrigley Field.
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The box score will say that Cubs right-hander Kerry Wood beat the Reds on Thursday night in the opener of a four-game series. Anyone who watched the game, however, will
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Mark DeRosa hits a go-ahead single, his fifth hit of the game, and the Cubs rally in the ninth  to beat the Reds and hold on to a lead in the the NL Central.
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Aaron Harang pitched an eight-hitter for his National League-leading sixth complete game and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2 Friday night to keep their slim postseason hopes alive.
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CHICAGO CUBS (12) VS CINCINNATI (4) - FINAL CHICAGO CUBS ab rh rbi bb so lob avg C Patterson cf 4 0 0 0 1 1 4 .280 C Murray cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .