Pirates 5 - 9 Cubs
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Hill, Cubs looks for third straight win, face Pirates

Sep 22, 2007 - 1:17 PM Pittsburgh (66-88) at Chicago Cubs (81-73) 1:05 pm EDT

CHICAGO (Ticker) - Rich Hill and the Chicago Cubs continue their march for a division title.

Hill and the Cubs aim for their third consecutive win when they face the struggling Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday.

Chicago survived a wild, 13-8, victory vs. Pittsburgh on Friday that saw both teams combine for 14 runs in the first three innings.

Aramis Ramirez hit two three-run homers for the Cubs, who have won eight of 10 and remain 1 1/2 games in front of the Milwaukee Brewers for first place in the National League Central with eight games remaining.

Hill (9-8, 4.01 ERA) takes the mound looking for his fourth win in his last five decisions.

The lefthander is 1-1 lifetime vs. Pittsburgh.

The Pirates - losers of a season high-tying seven straight contests - hand the ball to Zach Duke (3-7, 5.70), who will make his first start in nearly three months

The lefthander, who was placed on the disabled list in early July with left elbow irritation, hurled three innings of relief last Saturday against Houston.

However, the 24-year-old hasn't started a game since June 28 vs. the Florida Marlins. Duke has been successful against Chicago, going 4-1 with a 1.57 ERA in seven career starts. He is 3-1 in his career here.

Pittsburgh has lost 13 of its last 16 road games.








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    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    PITTSBURGH 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 8 1
    CHICAGO CUBS 2 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 x 9 15 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: PIT - ZACH DUKE, SALOMON TORRES (5TH), JOHN VAN BENSCHOTEN (6TH) AND
    RONNY PAULINO
    CHN - RICH HILL, CARLOS MARMOL (6TH), SCOTT EYRE (7TH),
    BOBBY HOWRY (8TH), RYAN

    Sep 22 3:42 PM


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    AT CHICAGO CUBS - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY NATE MCLOUTH (13) TO RIGHT WITH 2 OUT IN
    THE 9TH OFF RYAN DEMPSTER.
    CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 5, CHICAGO CUBS 9
    DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: N MORGAN (.269, 1-FOR-3, BB)

    Pirates vs. CubsSep 22 3:41 PM


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    AT CHICAGO CUBS - SCORING UPDATE
    TRIPLE BY FREDDY SANCHEZ SCORED JOSE BAUTISTA.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, F SANCHEZ ON THIRD, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 4
    CHICAGO CUBS 9 TOP, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: J PHELPS (.342, 0-FOR-2, BB)

    Pirates vs. CubsSep 22 3:20 PM


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    AT CHICAGO CUBS - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY ALFONSO SORIANO SCORED JACQUE JONES AND RYAN
    THERIOT.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, A SORIANO ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 3
    CHICAGO CUBS 9 BOTTOM, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR CHICAGO CUBS: M DEROSA (.294, 0-FOR-4)

    Pirates vs. CubsSep 22 3:15 PM


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    AT CHICAGO CUBS - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY ALFONSO SORIANO (31) TO LEFT CENTER
    WITH 2 OUT IN THE 5TH OFF SALOMON TORRES SCORED RYAN THERIOT.
    CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 3, CHICAGO CUBS 7
    DUE UP FOR CHICAGO CUBS: M DEROSA (.295, 0-FOR-3)

    Pirates vs. CubsSep 22 2:40 PM


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    AT CHICAGO CUBS - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY ARAMIS RAMIREZ (26) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT
    IN THE 3RD OFF ZACH DUKE SCORED DERREK LEE.
    CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 3, CHICAGO CUBS 5
    DUE UP FOR CHICAGO CUBS: M MURTON (.279, 1-FOR-1)

    Pirates vs. CubsSep 22 1:54 PM


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    AT CHICAGO CUBS - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY ALFONSO SORIANO (30) TO RIGHT WITH 2 OUT
    IN THE 2ND OFF ZACH DUKE.
    CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 3, CHICAGO CUBS 3
    DUE UP FOR CHICAGO CUBS: M DEROSA (.296, 0-FOR-1)

    Pirates vs. CubsSep 22 1:42 PM


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    AT CHICAGO CUBS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY ZACH DUKE SCORED STEVEN PEARCE AND MATT KATA.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, Z DUKE ON FIRST, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 3
    CHICAGO CUBS 2 TOP, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: N MORGAN (.276, 1-FOR-1)

    Pirates vs. CubsSep 22 1:35 PM


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    AT CHICAGO CUBS - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY MATT KATA SCORED RONNY PAULINO.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M KATA ON SECOND, S PEARCE ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 1
    CHICAGO CUBS 2 TOP, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: Z DUKE (.233, 0 HR, 1 RBI)

    Pirates vs. CubsSep 22 1:34 PM


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    AT CHICAGO CUBS - SCORING UPDATE
    ERROR BY FREDDY SANCHEZ ALLOWED ARAMIS RAMIREZ TO SCORE.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, G SOTO ON FIRST, M MURTON ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 0
    CHICAGO CUBS 2 BOTTOM, 1ST
    DUE UP FOR CHICAGO CUBS: C MONROE (.243, 0 HR, 2 RBI)

    Pirates vs. CubsSep 22 1:24 PM


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    AT CHICAGO CUBS - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY DERREK LEE (19) TO LEFT WITH 2 OUT IN THE
    1ST OFF ZACH DUKE.
    CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 0, CHICAGO CUBS 1
    DUE UP FOR CHICAGO CUBS: A RAMIREZ (.314, 25 HR, 98 RBI)

    Pirates vs. CubsSep 22 1:20 PM

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