Cubs Defeat Marlins, 5-1, in NL Showdown
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MIAMI - Mark Prior allowed five hits in 7 2-3 innings to out-pitch Carl Pavano, and the Chicago Cubs moved one percentage point ahead of San Francisco atop the NL wild-card standings by beating the Florida Marlins 5-1 in the first game of a doubleheader Monday.    Corey Patterson's two-run double in the second inning put the Cubs ahead to stay...
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The Marlins and Phillies swapped shoves in a standoff Thursday night, then played past midnight before Miguel Cabrera made Florida a winner. Cabrera doubled off the scoreboard to score Hanley Ramirez from first base with no outs in the 11th inning, and the Marlins beat the Phillies 5-4.
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MIAMI - Mark Prior allowed five hits in 7 2-3 innings to out-pitch Carl Pavano, and the Chicago Cubs moved one percentage point ahead of San Francisco atop the NL wild-card standings by beating the Florida Marlins 5-1 in the first game of a doubleheader
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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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The Chicago Cubs moved a step closer to reaching the National League playoffs with a 9-5 home victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday.
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Aramis Ramirez homered three times and  drove in all of Chicago's runs as the Cubs edged the Cincinnati  Reds 5-4 in National League play at the Great American Ballpark  on Thursday.
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A strikeout worked out just fine for Florida. The Marlins scored four runs off Tim Hudson during a strange fifth inning and went on to beat the Atlanta Braves 6-4 Monday night, benefiting from a strikeout that didn't result in an out.
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Luis Castillo tied the score with a ninth-inning single, and pinch-hitter Damion Easley hit a two-run double in the 10th inning that led the Florida Marlins over the Milwaukee Brewers 5-3 Sunday.
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The Chicago Cubsâ grip on the National League Central lead became shaky on Wednesday night, when they lost for the second night in a row to the last-place Florida Marlins.
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Juan Pierre had three hits and scored a run as the Florida Marlins overcame the Montreal Expos 6-3 in a National League game played at the rival league Chicago White Sox&#39;s home stadium Monday.
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The Chicago Cubs roared to their 14th victory in their last 18 games on Saturday, riding Ted Lilly's fifth straight win to a 9-3 rout of the Houston Astros.
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The Atlanta Braves rallied from a four-run deficit and handed the Cubs their fifth consecutive loss 8-to-6, knocking Chicago out of the wild-card race.
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The Atlanta Braves' 20-hit, 8-5 victory was so frustrating to the Chicago Cubs that the losing pitcher and his catcher were swinging at each other before the game ended on Friday.
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It's not time for Cubs fans to panic &#151; yet. Eager to sew up the NL Central, Chicago instead managed only two hits in eight innings against Dontrelle Willis and lost to the Florida Marlins 4-2 Tuesday.
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Juan Pierre had three hits and AJ  Burnett pitched eight solid innings to help the Florida Marlins  salvage a split of their four-game series against the Chicago  Cubs with an 11-1 rout in the National League (NL) Sunday.
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Derrek Lee whacked a three-run double against his former team to help the Chicago Cubs defeat the Florida Marlins 5-2 to retain their National League (NL) wildcard lead Saturday.
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Corey Patterson scampered home following Salomon Torres&#39;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.