One-Game Lead: Cubs Clobber Reds
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CHICAGO - Welcome home, Cubbies. Former Beantowners Nomar Garciaparra and Todd Walker added three hits and combined to drive in six runs as the Chicago Cubs hammered the Cincinnati Reds Monday night at Wrigley Field, 12-5.
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The Reds dealt Chicago&#39;s playoff hopes a blow Tuesday night by using the Cubs&#39; formula for winning: good starting pitching and home runs.
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CHICAGO - Javier Valentin doubled home the go-ahead run with two outs in the 12th inning and the Cincinnati Reds played spoilers again, sending the Chicago Cubs to a crushing 2-1 defeat Thursday afternoon.
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Adam Dunn hit his 44th home run of the  season as the Cincinnati Reds dealt the Chicago Cubs a blow to  their National League wild card aspirations with an 8-3 win at  Wrigley Field on Tuesday.
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Now the Chicago Cubs are really getting beat up -- by each other.
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Alfonso Soriano hurts his former team again with two runs scored, and the Cubs continue their dominance over the Nationals with a 3-1 victory Tuesday night.
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Alfonso Soriano hit two of Chicago's four homers and had five RBIs as the Cubs continued their late-season power display, beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-5 Saturday to solidify their lead in the NL Central.
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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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Carlos Zambrano gets his career-best 17th win before leaving with cramps, and the Cubs expanded their NL Central lead to 3 1/2 games by beating the Pirates.
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The Reds&#39; modified six-man rotation system got off to a pretty poor start. Right-hander Jose Acevedo tied a Major League record by allowing four home runs in the first inning
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Wily Mo Pena hit two home runs Saturday to give the Cincinnati Reds a 6-5 victory over the Chicago Cubs. D&#39;Angelo Jimenez also homered for the Reds, who snapped a three-game losing streak.
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Royce Clayton's pinch-hit single in the ninth inning drove in Chris Denorfia and lifted the Cincinnati Reds over the Chicago Cubs 3-2 Sunday.
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Bronson Arroyo wasn't thinking about any of it. It didn't matter that the Cincinnati Reds' playoff hopes are just about gone, that the flow of runs had been reduced to a trickle. His curve was at its best, David Ross hit a three-run homer and the slumping Reds beat the Chicago Cubs 4-0 Friday despite managing just four hits.
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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 on Monday night.
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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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Todd Walker homered and drove in four runs, Carlos Zambrano won his fourth straight decision, and the Cubs extended their lead in the wild-card race with a 12-5 victory over the Cincinnati Reds last night in Chicago.