Lilly Leads Cubs to 12th Win in 15 Games
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Ted Lilly pitches neatly into the eighth inning, Alfonso Soriano, above, gets three hits and the Cubs beat the Pirates, 7-1, Saturday night.
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The Chicago Cubs' 24-hour visit to Miami included a brief stay atop the NL wild-card standings. Then they lost their lead because they couldn't beat David Weathers. The journeyman right-hander, making his first start in six years, limited Chicago to two hits and one run in five innings, and the Florida Marlins won 5-2 for a split of their doubleheader Monday.
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Luke Scott tripled home the winning run in the 11th inning and the Houston Astros dropped the Cubs out of a tie for the NL Central lead, beating Chicago 5-4 Tuesday night.
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Since June 3, no team has been better than the Cubs, who pounded the Giants on Wednesday, 12-1, for their 17th victory in the past 22 games.
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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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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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The streaking Chicago Cubs won for the 11th time in 13 games and closed in on the National League Central lead with a 4-2 win over the Washington Nationals on Thursday.
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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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Corey Patterson hit a two-out, two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning yesterday to give the Cubs a 4-2 win over Milwaukee, host Chicago's eighth victory in 11 games.
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The red-hot Chicago Cubs won for the  17th time in 22 games and Carlos Zambrano became the National  League&#39;s first 12-game winner in a 12-1 rout of the San  Francisco Giants on Wednesday.
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The Chicago Cubs beat the Brewers 7-2 in Milwaukee on Wednesday to record their third win in four games without suspended manager Lou Piniella.
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Moises Alou went 3 for 5 with two RBIs and two doubles for Chicago, which has won five of six. Every starter for the Cubs had at least one hit.
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On a day Barry Bonds passed the Babe, home runs left Wrigley Field in record numbers. The Atlanta Braves hit a club-record eight homers, including two by Edgar Renteria in a 13-12 victory in 11 innings over the Chicago Cubs on Sunday.
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Michael Barrett and Carlos Zambrano homered off Mark Buehrle during a seven-run first inning, and the Chicago Cubs hung on to beat the Chicago White Sox 15-11 Sunday afternoon and avoid a three-game sweep.
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Ted Lilly pitched eight scoreless innings and the Toronto Blue Jays ended a four-game losing skid with a 3-0 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday night.
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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 - 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...