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MLB: LA Dodgers 7, Chi. Cubs 3

LOS ANGELES, June 7 (UPI) -- Russell Martin and Matt Kemp both had three RBI Saturday to help the Los Angeles Dodgers rally past the Chicago Cubs 7-3.

Martin's two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth inning tied the contest 2-2, and his go-ahead RBI single in the seventh gave Los Angeles a 4-3 lead. Kemp's second hit, a three-run homer, capped a five-run seventh.

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One seventh-inning run scored on Aramis Ramirez's throwing error while four players had two hits for the Dodgers, who won the first two contests in the three-game series at Dodger Stadium.

Winner Derek Lowe (4-5) yielded three earned runs and six hits in seven innings while, in a non-save situation, closer Takashi Saito struck out the side in the top of the ninth.

Losing pitcher Carlos Zambrano (8-2), Alfonso Soriano and Reed Johnson all had one RBI, with Soriano hitting a solo homer in the sixth.

Six players had one hit apiece for the Cubs, who have split their last four games.

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