By RICK GANO
(AP)
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22 hours ago

CHICAGO — Aramis Ramirez homered with dual outs in a bottom of a eighth Friday for his third strike of a diversion as well as a Chicago Cubs rallied for a 4-3 feat over a Philadelphia Phillies.

Ramirez appears to be entrance out of a season-long slump. His 11th homer came off Ryan Madson (2-1). It privileged a bleachers in left margin as well as gave him fourteen RBIs in his last 8 games.

Sean Marshall (6-2) pitched a eighth in service of Ted Lilly as well as Carlos Marmol struck out a side in a ninth for his 17th save in twenty chances.

Ryan Howard strike his 20th homer with dual outs in a sixth, a expostulate onto a roof tiles of a batter’s eye seating territory in straight line center. It was his third home run in dual games as well as it put a Phils up 3-1.

After Howard’s blast, a Cubs rallied for dual in a bottom of a inning with a two-out convene of their own off Joe Blanton as Ramirez doubled as well as Marlon Byrd followed with his 10th homer, restraining it during 3.

Shane Victorino additionally homered for a Phillies off Lilly upon a 90-degree day during Wrigley Field.

Blanton pitched 7 innings as well as gave up 5 hits as well as 3 runs with 3 walks whilst restraining a season-high with 8 strikeouts.

Lilly, who can be a giveaway representative after a season, has been a theme of countless traffic rumors as well as met Thursday with ubiquitous physical education instructor Jim Hendry to plead his Cubs’ future.

“He wants to stay here. … And we’d identical to for him to stay here,” Cubs physical education instructor Lou Piniella pronounced prior to Friday’s game. “At a same time, we never know what is starting to happen.”

And after dual unsure starts in that he gave up fourteen warranted runs as well as eighteen hits, Lilly late a initial 10 batters he faced prior to surrendering Victorino’s career-best 15th homer with a single out in a fourth.

Lilly’s last line was identical to Blanton’s. He surrendered 3 runs as well as 4 hits in 7 innings with a travel as well as a season-high 10 strikeouts.

Cody Ransom as well as Carlos Ruiz had back-to-back singles with a single out in a fifth prior to Lilly got called third strikes past Wilson Valdez as well as Blanton.

Chicago scored equally a diversion in a fifth when Blanton walked Lilly, who was hitless in twenty-six at-bats this season, upon a 3-2 representation with dual outs as well as a bases loaded.

Ramirez singled as well as Soriano walked prior to Blanton purposely walked Geovany Soto to bucket a bases as well as face Lilly.

NOTES: Victorino strike fourteen homers in 2008. … Jayson Werth was called out upon strikes 3 times.

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