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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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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(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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Ted Lilly won his fourth straight start, Aramis Ramirez had four RBIs and Alfonso Soriano hit a three-run homer Saturday as the surging Chicago Cubs roughed up Roy Oswalt in a 9-3 victory over the Houston Astros.
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Ted Lilly pitched neatly into the eighth inning, Alfonso Soriano got three hits and the Chicago Cubs won for the 12th time in 15 games, beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-1 Saturday night.
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Chris Duffy hit his first two home runs of the season, including a tiebreaking shot in the ninth inning, as the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Chicago Cubs 7-5 on Thursday.
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The Chicago Cubs got rid of one problem by finding a taker for unhappy slugger Sammy Sosa. Now they're faced with another, potentially bigger predicament. Though Sosa's production has dropped, he was still a key piece of Chicago's offense with 35 homers and 80 RBIs last season. Throw in departed free agent Moises Alou, and the Cubs lose a combined 74 home runs and 186 RBIs.
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Corey Patterson clubbed a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Chicago Cubs a 4-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers in the National League (NL) Wednesday.
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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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HOUSTON -- Sammy Sosa could have had one of his best offensive days in a while Sunday if not for a disputed scoring decision that riled Cubs hitting coach Gary Matthews.
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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.
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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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Detroit&#039;s infield defense uncharacteristically broke down in a seven-run Pittsburgh seventh inning started by Sean Casey&#039;s run-scoring single and the Pirates won for only the second time in 2 1/2 weeks, beating the Tigers 9-2 Saturday night.
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Alfonso Soriano hits three home runs in the first four innings and the Chicago Cubs continue their strong road play by beating the Atlanta Braves, 9-1, on Friday night.
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Sammy Sosa became the fifth member of the Major League's 600 home run club on Wednesday when he connected a solo homer to help the Texas Rangers to a 7-3 win over his old team, the Chicago Cubs.
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Corey Patterson scampered home following Salomon Torres's wild pitch in the first extra inning to give the playoff-hopeful Chicago Cubs a 5-4 win over the host Pittsburgh Pirates in the National League Tuesday.
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Sammy Sosa and Nomar Garciaparra each hit one of Chicago's season-high six homers, and the Cubs ended Houston's four-game winning streak Friday night with a 9-2 victory over the Astros.