Cubs Walk Past Pirates 1-0
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PITTSBURGH - Carlos Zambrano pitched 7 1-3 shutout innings to outduel Oliver Perez and beat Pittsburgh for the fifth straight time this season, carrying the Chicago Cubs to a tense, 1-0 victory over the Pirates on Wednesday night.    Sammy Sosa preserved the Cubs' sixth shutout with a sprawling, belly-flop catch of Ty Wigginton's bases-loaded, two-out line drive to right field in the eighth...
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Horacio Ramirez made his second start of the season a strong one, allowing seven hits and a run over seven innings Saturday to lead the Atlanta Braves to a 2-1 win over the free-falling Chicago Cubs.
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PITTSBURGH - The Chicago Cubs continue their drive toward the postseason when they open a three-game series against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday.
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* Turning point: After Mark Prior&#39;s 129-pitch gem in the opener, the Cubs lost their wild-card lead as David Weathers stifled Chicago&#39;s bats.
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CHICAGO - Sammy Sosa homered for the first time in more than two weeks and Derrek Lee drove in three runs to lead the Chicago Cubs to a 7-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday night.    Moises Alou and Neifi Perez also homered for the Cubs, who pulled within a half-game of idle San Francisco in the NL wild-card race...
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Dave Williams pitched 6 1-3 shutout innings for his first victory in nearly three seasons and Jason Bay homered, leading the Pittsburgh Pirates past the Milwaukee Brewers 2-0 on Tuesday night.
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Mark DeRosa's first-inning grand slam home run powered the Chicago Cubs to a 10-1 victory over the Atlanta Braves that snapped a six-game losing streak on Sunday.
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Freddy Sanchez had two hits while becoming the Pittsburgh Pirates' first National League batting champion in 23 years, and Xavier Nady's third hit of the game drove in the only run in a 1-0 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday.
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Sammy Sosa hit a grand slam and a solo shot, and the Chicago Cubs hit three straight home runs in the first inning Wednesday on their way to a 13-5 rout of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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In his first start since the slugout in the dugout, Carlos Zambrano leads the Cubs to a 6-2 win Wednesday in Milwaukee.
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Carlos Zambrano took a no-hit bid into the seventh inning and struck out nine to lead the Cubs over the Milwaukee Brewers, 8-3, last night in Chicago
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Todd Walker homered, had three hits and drove in four runs to lead the Chicago Cubs to a 12-5 win over the Cincinnati Reds in National League play at Wrigley Field on Monday.
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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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ST. LOUIS - Carlos Beltran hit a solo home run to give the Houston Astros a 1-0 lead over the St...
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CHICAGO - The somber sound on a gloomy day at Wrigley Field was a perfect setting for the Chicago Cubs&#39; performance of late. Mike Hampton went six innings and allowed just one run in a victorious effort over
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The Chicago Cubs took advantage of the strong winds at Wrigley Field on Wednesday, hitting three straight homers off Pittsburgh left-hander Oliver Perez in the first inning.
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Sammy Sosa belted a pair of home runs,  including his first grand slam in more than two years, as the  Chicago Cubs pounded the Pittsburgh Pirates 13-5 in National  League at Wrigley Field on Wednesday.