PHOENIX -- The Arizona Diamondbacks wildcard chase ended early Friday night but the team battled on. . "What else are we supposed to do?" Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson said after his clubs 8-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs. "You try to win as many games as you can. Thats what youre supposed to do. People are still out here to see you" Justin Upton and Cody Ransom homered as the Diamondbacks snapped a two-game losing streak but still were eliminated from the NL wild card midway through the game when the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Washington Nationals 12-2. "Because of your pride you never go out there and give up or roll over," Upton said. "We knew we were done but you still go out there and play the game right." Arizona starter Ian Kennedy (15-11) was uncharacteristically wild, walking six in 5 1/3 innings but held the Cubs to three runs and four hits. The right-hander struck out five. Kennedys six walks were his second-most in 109 career starts, trailing only a nine-walk outing on June 26, 2010 at Tampa Bay. It was also one more walk than he had issued in his four previous September starts combined. Among Kennedys walks were three to Alfonso Soriano and another to Darwin Barney with a pinch-hitter for starter Travis Wood standing in the on-deck circle. "There are good walks and bad walks," Kennedy said. "Its a matter of picking your spots. (Soriano), with one swing of the bat can tie the ball game up so I didnt want to give him anything to hit." Kennedy became the fourth Diamondbacks pitcher to post consecutive 15-win seasons, joining Randy Johnson, Curt Schilling and Brandon Webb. "To be in that company means a lot," Kennedy said. Aaron Hill and A.J. Pollock had RBI doubles, and Adam Eaton added a run-scoring single for Arizona. Dave Sappelt homered, and Wood (6-13) allowed five runs and five hits over five innings for the Cubs, who have lost six straight and 10 of 11. Wood struck out three and walked two in his second straight loss. "A solo homers OK but especially the two-run homer that Upton hit, that one hurt," Wood said. "That kind of put it out of reach and they kept tacking on after theat. If I could take that back, we were right there." Chicago set a franchise record with its 57th loss away from Wrigley Field and is winless this season in road 17 games against the NL West. "Our road record has been pretty awful," Cubs manager Dale Sveum said. "With not very good teams, thats usually what happens. You wish you had the magic potion for that one but even the great teams struggle on the road. They dont struggle as bad but you know the road is going to be difficult." Eaton doubled to lead off the game and Pollock followed with a double to right-centre to give Arizona a 1-0 lead. Ransom homered to left with one out in the fourth to make it 2-0. Sappelt hit his second home run in four days, a two-out shot to left-centre field, to tie the game 2-2 in the fifth but Hill drove home Kennedy and Upton followed with a towering two-out homer to left to put Arizona back in front 5-2. Starlin Castro doubled home Soriano in the sixth for the Cubs final run. The Diamondbacks added three runs in the eighth against Jaye Chapman the first scoring on a throwing error by Barney -- the second basemans second of the season and first since April 17. Barney had been three outs from setting the major league record with his 142nd consecutive errorless game at second. He finishes tied with Placido Polanco who went 141 games without an error at second in with Detroit in 2007. "I felt for the kid," Gibson said. "Hes a good kid and plays the game the right way from what Ive seen of him." NOTES: The Cubs lost 56 of 77 road games in 1956. . Kennedy reached the 200-inning mark to become the fifth pitcher in franchise history with consecutive 200-inning seasons. ... Castro, who entered the game in a 2-for-10 slide, went 3 for 4. ... The Diamondbacks elimination from the pennant race officially came with one out in the bottom of the fifth inning. ... Arizona 1B Paul Goldschmidt was scratched shortly before the first pitch with a sore back. Mike Jacobs took his place and hit sixth. ... RHP Justin Germano (2-9) will try to snap a seven-game losing streak when he takes the mound Saturday night for the Cubs against Arizona RHP Trevor Cahill (12-12). Cahill, who is one strikeout away from a career high 147, is 2-0 with a 2.77 ERA in his past two starts at home. [url=http://www.falconsofficialteamstore.com/autographed-asante-samuel-jersey-ng... Samuel Jersey .J. -- Cornerback Darrelle Revis was expected to be limited at practice while recovering from a concussion suffered in the New York Jets season opener. . 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The Office of the Commissioner of Baseball announced Wednesday that right-handed pitcher Jose Brito has been suspended for 50 games without pay after testing positive for Stanozolol, an anabolic steroid.Brothers Allain and Alex Saulnier combined for four goals and nine points as the Moncton Wildcats edged the visiting Baie-Comeau Drakkar 6-5 on Saturday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action. Alex Saulnier led the way with two goals and three assists while Allain Saulnier scored twice and set up two more. Dmitri Jaskin and Yannick Veilleux had a goal and two assists each for the Wildcats (15-10-0), who have won seven of their last 10 outings. Gabryel Paquin-Boudreau scored twice for the Drakkar (17-6-3) and Steve Lebel and Valentin Zykov each had a goal and an assist. Julien Lepage chipped in with two assists while Alexandre Ranger added a single goal to round out Baie-Comeaus offence. Neither starting goaltender made it through 60 minutes of action. Alex Dubeau allowed three goals on 12 shots and was pulled after one period for Moncton while Baie-Comeaus Philippe Cadorette allowed five goals on 22 shots in 28 minutes before getting yanked. Cole Holewenko stopped 11-of-13 shots to pick up the win for the Wildcats as Simon Lemieux made 13-of-14 saves in a losing cause for the Drakkar. Moncton finished the game 3 for 4 on the power play while Baie-Comeau scored once on five chances with the man advantage. Elsewhere in the QMJHL, it was: Sherbrooke 2, Rimouski 1; Saint John 4, Cape Breton 1; Rouyn-Noranda 6, Acadie-Bathurst 2 and Val-dOr 4, Shawinigan 1. At Moncton, N.B., Lebel and Paquin-Boudreau scored less than two minutes apart to give Baie-Comeau a 2-0 lead midway through the first period. Alex Saulnier cut the Drakkars lead in half at 15:50 with a power-play goal, but Paquin-Boudreau scored again at 18:32 to make it 3-1 Baie-Comeau after 20 minutes of play. [url=http://www.falconsofficialteamstore.com/autographed-julio-jones-jersey-ru-1... Jones Womens Jersey. Allain Saulnier opened the second period with back-to-back power-play goals to tie the game for Moncton. Jaskin gave the Wildcats their first lead of the game at 6:53 and Alex Saulnier made it 5-3 at 8:37. Ranger scored with just four seconds remaining in the period to make it 5-4 heading into the final period. Veilleux scored the eventual winner 6:37 into the third period before Zykov added a late goal for the Drakkar. --- Phoenix 2 Oceanic 1 At Rimouski, Que., Jacob Gervais-Chouinard turned away 43-of-44 shots and Jean-Christophe Laflamme scored the winning goal at 15:07 of the third period as Sherbrooke (5-19-2) ended a four-game winless streak by edging the Oceanic (14-9-4). --- Sea Dogs 4 Screaming Eagles 1 At Saint John, N.B., Stephen MacAulay scored twice and set up one more while Sebastien Auger stopped 25 shots as the Sea Dogs (12-12-0) beat Cape Breton (7-15-5), which has dropped four games in a row. --- Huskies 6 Titan 2 At Rouyn-Noranda, Que., Nikita Kucherov, Marcus Power and Gabriel Desjardins each had a goal and an assist as the Huskies (16-8-1) picked up their third straight victory by defeating Acadie-Bathurst (10-15-4). --- Foreurs 4 Cataractes 1 At Val-dOr, Que., Michael Beaudry scored twice and Anthony Mantha had a goal and an assist as the Foreurs (13-11-2) handed Shawinigan (4-19-3) its sixth straight defeat. 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