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The Chicago Cubs held on for a rare win as they knotted their weekend series with the Braves on Saturday.
Tom Gorzelanny allowed seven hits and just a run while striking out nine in seven innings of work to get his seventh win of the year as Andrew Cashner made it a little too close for comfort before Carlos Marmol closed out the Braves in the ninth inning for his 22nd save. Aramis Ramirez had three hits while Kosuke Fukudome and Tyler Colvin had two hits each. The win was just the third in the last 10 games for Chicago as they are in fifth place in the National League Central, 21 games out. For Sunday's game the Cubs start Randy Wells who has lost his last four decisions. For the season Wells has allowed 162 hits and 73 earned runs while striking out 115 in 148 innings of work. The Atlanta Braves fought back on Saturday but came up just short. Tommy Hanson didn't have a very good outing as usually he has been the victim of absolutely no run support, this time he just wasn't very effective. Hanson allowed seven hits and five runs in five innings of work to take his ninth loss of the season. Jason Heyward and Alex Gonzalez both had two hits to lead the offense for Atlanta. The loss didn't hurt the Braves as second place Philadelphia also lost so their lead stands at two and a half games in the National League East. For Sunday's game Atlanta starts Mike Minor who starts for the third time in his Major League career. In his prior two starts Minor has allowed 10 hits and five earned runs while striking out 10 in 12 innings of work. Chicago is 7-20 in their last 27 games overall, 4-13 in their last 17 against a right-handed starter, 1-9 in their last 10 home games against a team with a winning record, and 2-11 in their last 13 home games. Atlanta is 5-2 in their last seven against a team with a losing record, 5-2 in their last seven overall, 19-8 in their last 27 against the National League Central, and 12-6 in their last 18 road games against a team with a losing home record. Atlanta has won five of the last seven meetings of these two. TAKE ATLANTA MINUS HERE.
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