CHICAGO -- The Cubs didnt want to see a championship celebration at Wrigley
Field -- not if the other team would have been whooping it up.
Joe Hart Jersey . A late rally 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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the St. Louis Blues 1-0 in the first post-Olympic game for both teams
night.Olympic downhill contender Tina Weirather of Liechtenstein says she is
struggling with a leg injury ahead of Wednesdays race. Weirather withdrew from
the super-combined on Monday, and posted on Facebook that it was a "difficult
moment." The 24-year-old ski racer, who trains with the Switzerland team, was
treated at a hospital for bruising to her right tibia after a fall in a downhill
training run Sunday. Swiss team spokesman Lorenz Liechti says Weirather is "not
too bad, she can walk," adding that shed be assesssed "day by day whether she
can compete.
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in the World Cup downhill standings this season behind Maria Hoefl-Riesch of
Germany. Weirather has been on the podium nine times this season across three
disciplines, with two victories. Her mother Harti and uncle Andreas Wenzel
accounted for six of the Liechtensteins nine Olympic medals, which all came in
alpine between 1976 and 1988. Harti Weirather, her Austrian father, was one of
the best downhillers in the early 1980s.
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