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Article: MLB Roundup; Cubs maintain NL Central lead
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
- Article date:
- September 25, 2003
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The television screens went blank, and the Chicago Cubs went out
and won.
Sammy Sosa tied Mickey Mantle for 10th place on the career home
run list Wednesday night, and Shawn Estes pitched a four-hit shutout
as the visiting Cubs beat the Reds 8-0 and preserved their one-game
lead in the NL Central.
"You want to play in October, you've got to win," said Sosa, who
started the decisive rally with his 536th career homer. "We don't
have that much room."
Before the first pitch, Cubs players were engrossed in the bank of
television sets in the visitors' clubhouse. They muttered curses when
second-place Houston rallied for a 2-1 victory over San Francisco,
meaning Chicago would have to win again to ...
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