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Lou Piniella is ejected after losing his cool over a call in the eighth inning, and the Cubs lose their sixth straight game, 5-3, to the Braves.
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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.
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Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella is suspended indefinitely and fined an undisclosed amount by Major League Baseball on Sunday for his latest dirt-kicking tirade against an umpire.
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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.
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Lou Piniella was all smiles in his return to the dugout. The way Rich Hill pitched, the Chicago Cubs' manager had good reason to be happy after serving a four-game suspension.
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Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella's suspension was set at four games Monday by Major League Baseball for his weekend dirt-kicking tantrum against an umpire.
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Roger Clemens pitched six innings for his 324th victory and the Houston Astros made the most of three Chicago errors Saturday, hanging on to beat the Cubs 7-6.
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Aramis Ramirez hit a three-run homer off reliever Brett Tomko in the seventh inning Thursday and the Chicago Cubs rallied for a 6-5 victory that reduced the Los Angeles Dodgers' lead in the NL West to one-half game.
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Brett Myers pitched his first complete game in 13 months and Chase Utley hit a two-run homer to lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a 6-2 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday night.
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The big action at Wrigley Field on Friday was in the Chicago Cubs' dugout. Pitcher Carlos Zambrano and catcher Michael Barrett shoved each other and had to be separated in the fifth inning of the Cubs' 8-5 loss to the Atlanta Braves.
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Mark DeRosa hits a go-ahead single, his fifth hit of the game, and the Cubs rally in the ninth  to beat the Reds and hold on to a lead in the the NL Central.
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Tom Gorzelanny allowed one run in seven effective innings and Jack Wilson homered and drove in three runs as the host Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Chicago Cubs, 6-1, last night. It was the Cubsâ fourth loss in five games.
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Aramis Ramirez hits a walk-off home run to give the Cubs, who have now won seven straight, a 6-5 win over the Brewers on Friday.
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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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Struggling Sammy Sosa was dropped to No. 6 in the Chicago Cubs' batting order Saturday, the first time he's hit that low in more than 10 years. Booed frequently at Wrigley Field recently, Sosa was batting just .254 before Saturday's game with Florida.
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Al Leiter pitched two-hit ball for six innings to earn his first win in six weeks, and the New York Mets put another dent in Chicago's playoff hopes Sunday with a 3-2 victory over the Cubs.
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CHICAGO -- The Chicago Cubs came out swinging _ 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.