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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
CHICAGO, July 25 (UPI) -- Jeromy Burnitz hit a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth Monday to give the Chicago Cubs a 3-2 victory over the the San Francisco Giants.
Michael Barrett hit a solo homer for the Cubs and Todd Walker went 3-for-5.
Pedro Feliz hit a solo homer for the Giants, who have lost five of their last seven games.
Giants closer Tyler Walker started the ninth after already blowing a save opportunity with two outs in the eighth. Ronny Cedeno had a leadoff single to start the ninth. NL batting leader Derrek Lee drew an intentional walk to load the bases before Burnitz' sac fly.
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