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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- James Loney's two-run double and Russell Martin's RBI double Saturday night led the LA Dodgers to a 3-1 win and a division series sweep over the Chicago Cubs.
Loney's big hit put then Dodgers up 2-0 in the first inning and LA starter Hiroki Kuroda made the lead stand up, going 6 1/3 shutout innings while giving up just six hits and two walks with four strikeouts.
Jonathan Broxton pitched a perfect ninth to earn the save for LA.
The win ends 20 years of post-season futility for the Dodgers, who had not won a playoff series since 1988 when they went on to win the World Series.
The Dodgers advance to the National League Championship Series against the winner of the Phillies-Brewers division series. Philadelphia leads the series 2-1 with Game 4 set for Sunday in Milwaukee.
The loss extended the Cubs' post-season misery, depriving them of any chance for their first World Series championship in a century -- even though they won 97 games in the regular season.
Cubs' starter Rich Harden allowed three runs on five hits in 4 1/3 innings, with four strikeouts and three walks. Daryle Ward's eighth-inning pinch-hit single off Dodgers' reliever Cory Wade accounted for the Cubs' only run.
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SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 14 (UPI) --
No. 5-seeded Kevin Anderson needed to win a pair of tiebreakers Monday in claiming a first-round win at the SAP Open tennis tournament in California.
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NEWARK, N.J., Feb. 14 (UPI) --
Whitney Houston's funeral is to be held Saturday at the church in Newark, N.J., where she first began singing, the woman handling the arrangements said Tuesday.
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PITTSBURGH, Feb. 13 (UPI) --
Researchers say offshore wind farms planned for the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico face severe risks from hurricanes that could destroy half of them.
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BRISBANE, Australia, Feb. 14 (UPI) --
An Australian man who bared his buttocks to Queen Elizabeth during the monarch's visit to the country was fined $800.
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