CHICAGO -- The Cubs didnt want to see a championship celebration at Wrigley
Field -- not if the other team would have been whooping it up.
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prevented that. Dioner Navarro hit a tiebreaking single in a three-run eighth
inning, and the Cubs beat Atlanta 3-1 Saturday to keep the Braves on the brink
of the NL East title. Atlantas magic number remained at one to clinch its first
division title since 2005. Second-place Washington was rained out against Miami
later Saturday. Either way, the Cubs didnt have to watch a celebration. "One
day, hopefully, thatll be us and we can move forward from that," Travis Wood
said. The Cubs are a long way from contention, of course. They have 90 losses
and are last in the NL Central, with another brutal season coming to a finish.
Not having to witness the Braves clinching was just one small victory. "It was
nice not to have to see (a celebration) in person," manager Dale Sveum said.
Starlin Casto singled off Kris Medlen with one out in the eighth, pinch-hitter
Donnie Murphy singled against Scott Downs (2-1) and Anthony Rizzo hit a tying
double down the left-field line. Navarro singled in the go-ahead run against
David Carpenter, and Nate Schierholtz added a sacrifice fly. "They just made
some good swings," Laird said. "Rizzo went out and got that ball, hit it down
the line. Dioner hit that slider down and in. Youve got to tip your cap to
them." Medlen held Chicago to one run and six hits in 7 1-3 innings after going
4-0 with an 0.98 ERA in his previous four starts. "Its tough, but Im a former
bullpen guy, and I know how tough that job is," Medlen said. "The dudes do their
best. Theyve carried us the entire year, so these things happen and nobody in
this clubhouse is panicking at all or anything. Credit their pitcher with
keeping the game close, too. (Travis) Woods having a great year. I felt it all
game. I felt like it was in my hands, and the game was over. I had all the
confidence in the world in myself and I just tried making pitches." Carlos
Villanueva (7-8) relieved Wood with two on and no outs in the eighth after
Justin Upton doubled and Freddie Freeman walked. Villanueva induced a
double-play grounder by Chris Johnson and a flyout by Evan Gattis. Pedro Strop
struck out the side in the ninth for his first save in four chances. Atlanta
went ahead in the fourth when Freeman walked and scored on Gattis single. But
B.J. Upton also struck out looking with the bases loaded to end the rally. Wood
settled down after that, allowing one run, five hits and four walks in seven
innings with seven strikeouts. "I had pretty command of most my pitches, being
able to locate my fastball and getting the cutter on their hands and get some
early swings and some quick outs," Wood said. "Just that last inning kind of got
away from me quick. I really wanted to go out there and finish it strong and
maybe overtried a little bit and left a pitch over that Upton could hit and
Freeman battled me." NOTES: Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said OF Jason Heyward
"was feeling great," a day after Heyward returned from the disabled list.
Heyward was not in the lineup on Saturday after going 0 for 2 with a walk in his
first appearance since breaking his jaw on Aug. 21 because of a broken jaw. ...
The Cubs unveiled a logo to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Wrigley Field in
2014. It shows the ballparks familiar marquee and facade with "100 years
1914-2014." The logo, which will be featured as a patch on the teams home
uniform next season, was submitted by Brandon Ort of New Bremen, Ohio, as part
of a fan contest before the season. ... RHP Julio Teheran (12-8, 3.14 ERA)
starts Sunday for Atlanta, with RHP Edwin Jackson (8-16, 4.75) pitching for
Chicago.
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Coderre, the former federal MP who was elected mayor on Nov. 3, has drawn the
ire of some Montreal Canadiens. During last nights game he tweeted: "Hello? Can
we get a one-way ticket to (minor-league) Hamilton for David Desharnais please.
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Saturday will remain in the elite 10-team field next year. "We talked about
wanting to be disciplined and stick with our game plan and good things will
come," Draisaitl said, who had two goals for the victors.
http://www.underarmourshoesnz.com/ . -- About
a third of the way through the regular season, the Washington Wizards are at .A
video has surfaced of Boston Bruins forward Milan Lucic apparently involved in a
scuffle outside of a downtown Vancouver nightclub. In the video, which was
reportedly filmed Saturday, Lucic and another man exchange words in front of
Vancouver police, who had arrived on scene. "You know who youre f---ing with
mother f---er?" he allegedly asked the other man. "He hit me three times," the
Bruins forward later told the officer on scene. No fighting can actually be seen
in the video. Another mann in the background was heard yelling "Milan Lucic is
beyond good right now!" Other bystanders can be heard yelling Lucics name.
Ua Micro g Anatomix Spawn 2. Lucic, who is
from Vancouver, played in a 6-2 loss to the Vancouver Canucks earlier Saturday
night at Rogers Arena. According to the videos title, "Milan Lucic Fights
outside Vancouver Club Dec 14, 2013," the fight occurred on the same night as
the game. Vancouver police said they were unaware of the incident when contacted
by CTV News.
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