NATIONAL LEAGUE Wood tosses 2-hitter as Cubs stop Marlins



The Phillies beat the Expos, 4-3, in extra innings.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
MIAMI -- Kerry Wood threw a two-hitter to outpitch Brad Penny and help the Chicago Cubs beat the Florida Marlins 1-0 Saturday night.
The complete game was Wood's third this season, and his second this month against the Marlins. He beat them with a three-hitter July 9.
The only run was unearned and scored on Alex Gonzalez's sacrifice fly in the fifth inning.
Wood (10-6) threw 130 pitches, walking five and hitting a batter. He struck out eight to increase his season total to 164, most in the major leagues.
Wood is 4-0 lifetime against Florida with a 2.08 ERA.
Penny (8-7) allowed four hits, struck out eight and walked one in eight innings. But the crowd of 30,432 -- third-largest of the season for Florida -- had little else to cheer about.
The Cubs, who began the night below .500 for the first time this season, didn't have a baserunner until Moises Alou doubled leading off the fifth. He took third when shortstop Alex Gonzalez booted a grounder, then scored an unearned run on a sacrifice fly to shallow center by the Cubs' Gonzalez.
The only other hit in the first five innings was by Florida's Ivan Rodriguez, who doubled with two outs in the first.
CHICAGOFLORIDA
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Godwin cf4010Pierre cf2010
Grdzln 2b4000LCstillo 2b3000
SSosa rf4000IRdrgz c3010
Alou lf4120JEcrcn rf4000
Choi 1b4000DeLee 1b3000
ASGzlz ss2001Hlndsw lf2000
LHarrs 3b2010Cbrera 3b3000
JHrndz 3b1000AGnzlz ss2000
DMiller c2000Penny p2000
Bako c1000BBanks ph1000
Wood p3000Bump p0000
Totals31141Totals25020
Chicago000010000--1
Florida000000000--0
E--AGonzalez (12). DP--Chicago 1. LOB--Chicago 6, Florida 4. 2B--Alou (22), IRodriguez (21). CS--Pierre (11), LCastillo (10). SF--ASGonzalez.
IPHRERBBSO
Chicago
Wood W,10-6920058
Florida
Penny L,8-7841018
Bump100011
HBP--by Wood (AGonzalez). WP--Wood, Penny. Umpires--Home, Gary Cederstrom; First, Mark Wegner; Second, Chuck Meriwether; Third, Tim Welke. T--2:29. A--30,432.
Phillies 4, Expos 3
PHILADELPHIA -- Tomas Perez's hit a bases-loaded RBI single with two outs in the 11th inning.
Jim Thome and Pat Burrell homered for Philadelphia, which improved to 7-1 in extra-inning games, including six straight wins.
Michael Barrett drove in three runs for Montreal, which has lost six of its last eight.
MONTREALPHILA
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Carroll 3b2000Byrd cf4000
Cpicky ph1000Planco 2b5130
EGzmn 3b1000Thome 1b5232
Vidro 2b5010BAbreu rf3010
OCbera ss5010Lbrthal c5000
WCdero 1b4100Burrell lf4111
Wlkrsn lf5120ToPerz 3b5011
Cllway rf5110Punto ss4000
Barrett c4013Padilla p2000
EChvez cf3000Ledee ph1000
LHrndz p3010Plesac p0000
Eschen p0000Crmier p0000
Manon p0000Huston ph1000
HMateo ph1000Mesa p0000
Almnte p0000
Totals39373Totals39494
Montreal01020000000--3
Philadelphia00030000001--4
Two outs when winning run scored.
E--ToPerez (7), Padilla (2). DP--Montreal 2, Philadelphia 1. LOB--Montreal 6, Philadelphia 7. 2B--Barrett (8), LHernandez (1), Thome (19), BAbreu (22). HR--Thome (24), Burrell (13). CS--Vidro (2).
IPHRERBBSO
Montreal
LHernandez7 1-373326
Eischen2-300002
Manon100001
Almonte L,0-11 2-321121
Philadelphia
Padilla863232
Plesac100003
Cormier100000
Mesa W,5-5110002
Umpires--Home, Chris Guccione; First, Jerry Meals; Second, Larry Vanover; Third, Gary Darling. T--3:32. A--28,794.