NL Wrap: Sosa Belts Two Homers as Cubs Pound Pirates
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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.
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Sammy Sosa grabbed his 568th career  homer and Aramis Ramirez followed up with another third-inning  blast to guide the Chicago Cubs to an 8-3 win over the Houston  Astros in the National League (NL) Thursday.
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Sammy Sosa and Aramis Ramirez hit consecutive homers in a five-run third inning, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Houston Astros 8-3 Thursday for their fifth straight win.
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Rick Ankiel homered twice and drove in seven runs as the St Louis Cardinals pounded the Pittsburgh Pirates 16-4 on Thursday.
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Alfonso Soriano, the Chicago Cubs' pricey offseason acquisition, is starting to pay off. Soriano had five hits, including a three-run homer, to help the Cubs beat the Milwaukee Brewers 7-2 on Monday night.
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Carlos Zambrano pitches himself out of an extended slump as the Chicago Cubs get a much-needed win by beating Pittsburgh, 5-1.
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CHICAGO -- Sammy Sosa appears to have found his swing, and the timing couldn&#39;t be better for the Chicago Cubs. Sosa hit his first grand slam in more than two years, and also had a solo homer as the Cubs hit
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Chicago slugger Sammy Sosa was fined $87,400 Wednesday for leaving the ballpark while the Cubs were playing the Atlanta Braves in the season finale.
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While Mark McGwire avoids the spotlight and Barry Bonds closes in on 700 home runs, Sammy Sosa struggles to remain the forceful player around whom the Cubs revolve.
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The Chicago Cubs came out swinging &#151; and no, not at each other. Mark DeRosa hit a grand slam, Alfonso Soriano and Derrek Lee added solo homers, and the Cubs closed out a tumultuous weekend by beating the Atlanta Braves 10-1 on Sunday to snap a six-game losing streak.
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Derrek Lee drove in three runs, including a go-ahead two-run homer in the eighth inning, and the NL East-leading Chicago Cubs rallied to beat the Houston Astros 6-5 on Sunday.
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Sammy Sosa swung and missed in his chance to make history in his first game against the Chicago Cubs. Sosa, trying to become the fifth player with 600 career home runs, was 0-for-4 with three strikeouts in the Texas Rangers' 5-4 loss to the Cubs on Tuesday night. Sosa hit 545 homers with the Cubs from 1992-2004, when he was the 1998 NL MVP and a seven-time All-Star.
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(Sports Network) - The Pittsburgh Pirates try to avoid a three-game sweep at the hands of the Chicago Cubs this afternoon at PNC Park.
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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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Carlos Zambrano got his career-best 17th win by pitching six sharp innings before leaving with cramps, and the surging Chicago Cubs expanded their NL Central lead to 3 1/2 games with an 8-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday.
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Sammy Sosa of the Texas Rangers became the fifth member of the Major League's 600 home run club on Wednesday when he connected for a solo homer off his old team, the Chicago Cubs.
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While Mark McGwire avoids the spotlight and Barry Bonds closes in on 700 career home runs, Sammy Sosa struggles to remain the forceful player around whom the Cubs revolve.