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CHICAGO, May 31 (UPI) -- Alfonso Soriano belted a two-run homer and knocked in three runs Saturday to lift the Chicago Cubs to a 5-4 victory against Colorado.
The homer, his 12th this season, came in the bottom of the second inning and he added an RBI single in the fourth, which produced the eventual winning run.
Winner Ryan Dempster and catcher Geovany Soto hit RBI doubles, and like Soriano, Soto had two hits for the National League East-leading Cubs, who extended their major league-best record to 35-21 with their seventh straight win.
Dempster (7-2) allowed three earned runs and three hits in five innings with two walks and seven strikeouts.
Carlos Marmol earned his third save.
Colorado scored on a two-run homer from Omar Quintanilla in the second and solo blasts by Todd Helton in the fifth and Scott Podsednik in the ninth.
The Rockies had only four hits in their fifth straight loss.
The losing pitcher was former Cub Glendon Rusch (1-3).
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ALLEN, Texas, May 31 (UPI) --
Allen (Texas) Wranglers co-owner and wide receiver Terrell Owens has been released by the Indoor Football League Team, the team announced.
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LONDON, May 31 (UPI) --
The London house where singer Amy Winehouse died of alcohol poisoning last summer is being sold for $4.2 million, the New York Post reported.
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BALTIMORE, May 31 (UPI) --
U.S. astronomers are forecasting the Milky Way will have a violent collision with the neighboring Andromeda galaxy in about 4 billion years.
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NORTHAMPTON, Mass., May 31 (UPI) --
A Massachusetts woman said she investigated bird sounds in her yard and discovered a baby cardinal with two heads and three beaks.
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