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CHICAGO -- It had the look of yet another stirring comeback for the major league-leading Chicago Cubs. Buy Asics Shoes Online Australia .Trailing by a run, pinch hitter Anthony Rizzo led off the ninth inning with a walk and advanced to second on Dexter Fowlers sacrifice. Only Rizzo rounded second too far and was tagged out for a double play that was the last in a series of uncharacteristic miscues.Madison Bumgarner outpitched Jake Arrieta with 10 strikeouts over six innings, and San Francisco pounced on those mistakes for a 3-2 victory over Chicago on Saturday.Its not very common with our group of guys, Arrieta said. You dont expect to see those things often.Bumgarner (14-8) allowed two runs and five hits in his fourth victory in his last five starts. San Francisco, trying to catch Los Angeles in the NL West, rebounded from a pair of one-run losses in the first two games of the four-game set between potential postseason opponents.Were going up against a team that, I dont think theyve clinched yet, but theyre going to be there, Bumgarner said. And were planning on being there. So its a playoff-type of matchup.The Giants entered the All-Star break a major league-best 57-33. But they are just 16-29 since that point, leaving them looking up at the Dodgers and clinging to the top spot in the wild-card race.It was one we definitely wanted and needed, catcher Buster Posey said. It was good to score some runs off Arrieta and then for our bullpen to hold the lead.Arrieta (16-6) was charged with three runs -- two earned -- and four hits in six innings in his first loss since July 30. Chicago had won five in a row overall.A little bad luck, a little missed execution, Arrieta said.After Rizzo was tagged out, Kris Bryant then hit a soft liner to shortstop Brandon Crawford, handing Santiago Casilla his 30th save.It was a great game, Cubs manager Joe Maddon said. You can nitpick it all you want, I love that game. Thats very similar to a playoff situation, things dont always go right or according to plan.Chicago also had an opportunity in the sixth, but Bumgarner struck out Matt Szczur for the third time with two on. Hunter Strickland got Addison Russell to line to right with the bases loaded in the seventh.The Cubs entered with a 16 1/2-game lead in the NL Central thanks to a number of tremendous defensive plays in the past week. But they were sloppy on a cloudless day with the wind blowing in as two of the games top pitchers squared off.Third baseman Tommy La Stellas two-out throwing error in the first made it 1-0. The Giants scored in the fourth with the help of a passed ball and added a run in the sixth on Arrietas second wild pitch.The Cubs got within 2-1 in the fifth thanks to Javier Baezs hustle. He led off with a single, stole second and scored from there when third baseman Eduardo Nunez was unable to barehand Arrietas slow roller.Angel Pagan doubled and scored on the error by La Stella, who was a late addition after Jorge Soler was scratched with an ingrown toenail. Soler hit for La Stella in the fifth and struck out with one on.The Giants took a 2-0 lead on Nunezs RBI single in a fourth that included a walk and wild pitch by Arrieta and Willson Contreras passed ball.TRAINERS ROOMGiants: Reliever Derek Law (elbow) hasnt begun throwing yet, but manager Bruce Bochy said they expect him to be at full strength when hes eligible to come off the disabled list Sept. 12.Cubs: Setup man Hector Rondon (triceps) threw a 22-pitch simulated game and felt good enough that his rehab stint at Triple-A Iowa was scrapped. Rondon could be activated Monday. Im back to normal, he said.STREAKS OVERThe Cubs had won nine consecutive games at Wrigley Field and the Giants had lost six straight in Chicago.WILDArrietas two wild pitches gave him an NL-high 12.UP NEXTCubs RHP John Lackey (9-7, 3.41 ERA) has recovered from a shoulder injury and is expected to be activated off the disabled list to face Giants RHP Johnny Cueto (14-5, 2.98 ERA) on Sunday. 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PITTSBURGH -- Jose Urenas start Sunday had little resemblance to his previous outing.Urena allowed two runs and four hits in six innings, and the Miami Marlins rallied past the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 to complete a three-game sweep.Christian Yelich homered in the first inning and Miami added a pair of unearned runs in sweeping a series for the sixth time this season. Urena (2-4) bounced back after allowing a five-run first inning at Cincinnati on Tuesday.This is a different game and a different day, too, the 24-year-old right-hander said. Youre going to face different hitters, so you go out there and face these hitters because you know you can do the job.Urena lowered his ERA from 6.80 to 6.33He kept the ball down today, Miami manager Don Mattingly said. They were aggressive early, swinging the bats. He had that one inning in there where he got himself into trouble. Other than that, he was good all day.Fernando Rodney completed the five-hitter, working around a two-out walk in the ninth. Rodney retired Francisco Cervelli on a game-ending groundout for his third save of the series and 24th in 26 chances this season.Miami went 6-1 this year against the Pirates and moved ahead of Pittsburgh in the NL wild-card race. The Marlins (65-59) trail St. Louis (66-57) by 1 1/2 games for the NLs second wild card.Wearing 1970s throwback uniforms and caps, the Pirates (62-59) dropped 1 1/2 games back of Miami. They had won six of seven coming into the series.Its a snapshot of the way a baseball seasons goes, Pittsburgh manager Clint Hurdle said. You go out on the road and go 5-1, then you come home and get swept in a series in which you have a chance to win each game. All you can do is come back and keep playing.Ryan Vogelsong (2-3) gave up three runs and three hits in six innings.Miami, just 12-19 at PNC Park over the previous decade coming on, went ahead on Yelichs 15th home run. He has five in 12 games att PNC Park and 30 in 438 major league games elsewhere. Asics Shoes Sale Australia. Pittsburgh took a 2-1 lead in the fourth. With runners at second and third, David Freese hit a bouncer off the glove of third baseman Martin Prado for an error and Josh Bell following with a sacrifice fly.Miami went back ahead in the fifth without hitting a ball out of the infield. Adeiny Hechavarria reached leading off on a throwing error by shortstop Sean Rodriguez and scored on Prados RBI groundout. Dee Gordon reached on a bunt single, stole second, took third on Prados grounder and came home when Vogelsong bounced a wild pitch past catcher Eric Fryer.RAMOS BACKMiami All-star closer A.J. Ramos, who had been on the disabled list with a finger injury, was activated and pitched a perfect eighth. Reliever Brian Ellington (0.92 ERA) was optioned to Triple-A New Orleans.TRAINERS ROOMPirates: RHP Tyler Glasnow (shoulder) is slated to throw four innings and 65 pitches in a rehabilitation start Monday at Double-A Altoona. Glasnow has been on the disabled list since July 24. ... General manager Neal Huntington said the team will continue to monitor rookie RHP Jameson Taillon, who missed 2014 because of Tommy John surgery and 2015 due to a sports hernia. He has thrown 127 2/3 innings with the Pirates and at Triple-A this season. Our goal is to get him in the position to go deep into October, Huntington said. At the same time we dont want to leave pitches in the bank.UP NEXTMarlins: Miami hosts the defending World Series champion Royals beginning Tuesday, the second time Kansas City has played in South Florida. Andrew Cashner (4-9) makes his fifth start for Miami.Pirates: Taillon (3-2) is to start Monday against the former division rival Houston, which will be playing the Pirates for the first time since 2013. ' ' ' 
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