Cubs crumble, lose in 12th
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CHICAGO - One strike from an important victory, the Chicago Cubs ended up with another agonizing defeat that damaged their drive to the playoffs.
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Six losses in seven games have the Cubs on the brink of playoff elimination and the Padres were officially ousted, while the Astros, Giants, Dodgers, Angels and Athletics jockeyed for playoff position Friday.
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Hang on, Cubs fans. A mosquito just might have helped out Chicago in the NL Central race. The Brewers gave up six runs in the first inning of their 11-4 loss to Cincinnati on Friday night, missing a chance to take over the division lead.
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The Cubs suffered a stunning loss yesterday, and their closest rival in the wild-card race took advantage of the situation, the Giants beating Los Angeles to close within a half-game of Chicago and 1 1/2 games of the West-leading Dodgers.
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The Chicago Cubs turned some ugly baseball in a sweet victory.
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A season that started with such high hopes for the Cubs wound up with them being eliminated from playoff contention by their fifth straight loss, 8-6, to the Atlanta Braves Saturday.
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The Detroit Tigers' recent swoon couldn't have come at a worse time. With the surging Chicago White Sox coming to town, Detroit lost for the ninth time in 12 games Sunday, falling 7-6 to the Texas Rangers.
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Carlos Zambrano of the Chicago Cubs flirted with a no-hitter on Saturday but wound up on the short end of a 1-0 loss to the San Diego Padres.
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The Chicago Cubs know they can't waste too many more chances like this. Luke Scott tripled home the winning run in the 11th inning and the Houston Astros dropped the visiting Cubs out of a tie for the NL Central lead, beating Chicago, 5-4, last night.
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Carlos Zambrano came up big. The St. Louis Cardinals didn't. Zambrano allowed four hits in eight innings, Cliff Floyd hit a tiebreaking homer in the seventh and the Chicago Cubs beat St. Louis 5-3 Friday night to send the Cardinals to their eighth straight loss.
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This season, Cubs fans have learned that there is no such thing as a comfortable lead in Major League Baseball.
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ST. LOUIS -- This was the kind of deflating loss that would send some teams -- the Cubs come to mind -- into the fetal position. Twelve grueling innings, a booming walkoff two-run homer and 52,144 people screaming loud enough to make your ears ring.
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CHICAGO - The Chicago Cubs needed a lift Saturday, and got one in a big way in the eighth inning. Derrek Lee dumped a three-run double into left center as the Cubs rallied past the Florida Marlins, 5-2.
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The Chicago Cubs are cranky. The fans are restless. The baseball has been sloppy, the results discouraging, the trend alarming. Friday seemed a good day to look in on the National League wild card race.
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(Sports Network) - With losses in four of their last five games to non-playoff teams, the Chicago Cubs know they can&#39;t falter over their final four games of the season, or they will miss the playoffs.
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Now the Chicago Cubs are really getting beat up -- by each other.
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The Chicago Cubs are just a half-game ahead of the San Francisco Giants and Houston Astros in the NL wild-card race after falling to the visiting Montreal Expos, 7-6, on Brian Schneider&#39;s go-ahead single in the 12th inning.