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Cubs look for sweep of Pirates as they continue playoff push

Sep 23, 2007 - 2:11 PM Pittsburgh (66-89) at Chicago Cubs (82-73) 2:20 pm EDT

CHICAGO (Ticker) - The Chicago Cubs look to continue a powerful playoff push and complete a three-game series sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates at Wrigley Field on Sunday.

The Cubs posted a 13-8 triumph on Friday behind a pair of three-run homers by Aramis Ramirez and another blast by Alfonso Soriano. On Saturday, Soriano hit two homers and Ramirez added another blast in the 9-5 triumph.

That win provided the Cubs with a 2 1/2-game lead over the Milwaukee Brewers (79-75) in the National League Central.

The Cubs, who have eight homers in the first two games of the series and 36 blasts in 22 games this month, will take aim Sunday at Pittsburgh's Tom Gorzelanny (14-8, 3.55).

The lefthander is 2-1 with a 0.82 ERA in three lifetime starts against Chicago.

In his last start on Tuesday to the San Diego Padres, Gorzelanny allowed four runs and nine hits over five frames in a 5-3 loss.

Struggling ace Carlos Zambrano (16-13, 4.20) will get the ball for Chicago. Zambrano was tagged for four runs and seven hits in 5 1/3 innings of a 5-2 loss to the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday.

The righthander has lost six of his last eight starts and heard the boos from Cubs fans after being hammered, 11-3, by the Los Angeles Dodgers on September 3.








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    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    PITTSBURGH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
    CHICAGO CUBS 0 1 0 0 2 3 2 0 x 8 14 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: PIT - TOM GORZELANNY, FRANQUELIS OSORIA (6TH), ROMULO SANCHEZ (7TH)
    AND RONNY PAULINO
    CHN - CARLOS ZAMBRANO, KERRY WOOD (7TH), MIKE WUERTZ
    (9TH) AND GEOVANY SOTO


    Sep 23 4:56 PM


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    AT CHICAGO CUBS - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY RONNY CEDENO (3) TO LEFT WITH 2 OUT IN
    THE 7TH OFF ROMULO SANCHEZ SCORED GEOVANY SOTO.
    CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 0, CHICAGO CUBS 8
    DUE UP FOR CHICAGO CUBS: K WOOD (.000, 0 HR, 0 RBI)

    Pirates vs. CubsSep 23 4:27 PM


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    AT CHICAGO CUBS - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY DERREK LEE (20) TO RIGHT WITH 2 OUT IN
    THE 6TH OFF TOM GORZELANNY SCORED MARK DEROSA.
    CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 0, CHICAGO CUBS 6
    DUE UP FOR CHICAGO CUBS: A RAMIREZ (.313, 0-FOR-2, BB)

    Pirates vs. CubsSep 23 4:08 PM


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    AT CHICAGO CUBS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY MARK DEROSA SCORED CARLOS ZAMBRANO.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M DEROSA ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 0
    CHICAGO CUBS 4 BOTTOM, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR CHICAGO CUBS: D LEE (.318, 1-FOR-2, BB, RBI)

    Pirates vs. CubsSep 23 4:06 PM


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    AT CHICAGO CUBS - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY GEOVANY SOTO SCORED DERREK LEE.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, M MURTON ON FIRST, A RAMIREZ ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 0
    CHICAGO CUBS 3 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR CHICAGO CUBS: C MONROE (.225, 0-FOR-2)

    Pirates vs. CubsSep 23 3:51 PM


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    AT CHICAGO CUBS - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY DERREK LEE SCORED ALFONSO SORIANO.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, D LEE ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 0
    CHICAGO CUBS 2 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR CHICAGO CUBS: A RAMIREZ (.313, 0-FOR-2)

    Pirates vs. CubsSep 23 3:47 PM


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    AT CHICAGO CUBS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY RONNY CEDENO SCORED MATT MURTON.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, R CEDENO ON FIRST, G SOTO ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 0
    CHICAGO CUBS 1 BOTTOM, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR CHICAGO CUBS: C ZAMBRANO (.253, 2 HR, 5 RBI)

    Pirates vs. CubsSep 23 2:51 PM

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