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Chicago, IL (Sports Network) - Jeff Baker hit a two-run double to cap the Cubs five-run eighth inning, as Chicago came back to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers, 10-8, in the continuation of a three-game series. jerseys from china . Chicago faced an 8-5 deficit entering the inning, but got a two-run single from Starlin Castro and an RBI from Darwin Barney to tie the game. After Baker delivered the key hit, Carlos Marmol pitched a scoreless ninth to pick up his fifth save. Castro and Barney both drove in three for the Cubs, who dropped the opener of this set by a 12-2 margin. Castro ended with four hits, while Barney had three to set the tone at the top of Chicagos lineup. We know the feeling of when youre up and lose the lead late, said Baker. So hopefully we can use this to build some momentum and put a nice little streak together. Their late rally prevented starter Ryan Dempster from taking the loss. The right-hander allowed seven runs on nine hits -- three of them homers -- and three walks in 5 2/3 innings. Jeff Samardzija (2-0) tossed 1 1/3 scoreless frames to pick up the win. Casey Blake hit a two-run homer for the Dodgers, who had won their last three, while Matt Kemp and Rod Barajas added solo shots. Los Angeles starter Ted Lilly allowed five runs on 11 hits and a walk in 4 1/3 frames, and scoreless appearances by Dodgers relievers Mike MacDougal and Vicente Padilla got them through the sixth. I believe that once I got behind I needed to keep the score down and we would have been able to come back, said Lilly. I wasnt able to do that and I put the guys in a tough spot. Matt Guerrier (1-1) pitched a 1-2-3 seventh for the Dodgers, but got into a huge jam in the eighth. Alfonso Soriano led off with a single before Reed Johnson reached on a bunt single. Guerrier then walked pinch-hitter Kosuke Fukudome to load the bases and set the stage for Castro, who slapped a two-run base hit to center. Barney followed by hitting a fielders choice grounder to short, allowing Fukudome to race home and make it an 8-8 game. Guerrier then fanned Marlon Byrd, but Aramis Ramirezs subsequent single put runners on the corners and forced a pitching change. The Dodgers brought in Blake Hawksworth, but he left a pitch up for Baker, who drove it to the wall in right-center. Barney scored easily, and Ramirez chugged around the bases to establish the two-run lead. Marmol worked around a one-out walk in the ninth to end the game. Ramirezs sacrifice fly in the first inning got the Cubs on the board, and Kemps RBI single in the third tied the game. But Barney had a run-scoring hit in the bottom half, and Chicago seemed to take control in the fourth. It got RBI hits from Johnson, Castro and Barney to build a 5-1 advantage. However, the Dodgers responded over the middle innings. Aaron Miles led off the fifth with a single before Blake blasted a homer to left-center. Kemp added his fifth homer of the season later in the inning. Barajas led off the sixth with a homer, and Andre Ethier smacked a two-run double after Sean Marshall entered the game for Dempster. The double extended Ethiers hitting streak to 20 games and gave LA a 7-5 lead. A fielders choice grounder from Barajas in the seventh put the Dodgers up by three. GAME NOTES:Chicago is 8-2 after losses this season...Ethiers streak is currently the longest in the majors...Lilly made his first start against the Cubs since they traded him to the Dodgers last summer. Ben Smith Jersey . The New York Yankees lefty had his good stuff going on this dreary afternoon. wholesale nfl jerseys .R. Smith hasnt had a run like this since high school. ... . I had watched NHL, NBA and MLB All-Star games from a distance and was intrigued by their status as a big event but wondered why teams would want this kind of distraction in the middle of the season. [url=http://www.nhlblackhawkshockeystore.com/red-28-ben-smith-womens-jersey/]Ben Smith Blackhawks Jersey . Columbus lost its opener at D.C. United, 3-1, but Hesmer has been flawless in the last three weeks to lead the Crew (1-1-2) to two draws and a win. Dan Kennedy posted his first shutout of the season for Chivas (0-2-2), which is winless through four matches under new coach Robin Fraser. Ry... Miyaichi Arsenal Jersey . Defeated and deflated by Philadelphia 10 days ago, the Knicks are rolling into the rematch. GUADALAJARA, Mexico -- Whitney and Jason McClintock were balancing on water skis by the time they were walking, and before either of them can even remember. Their parents philosophy was: if they could stand, they could stand on skis. Their dad Jeff would run pulling them through the shallows of Lake Puslinch in Cambridge, Ont. Two decades later, its no surprise Canadas first family of water skiing dominated the sport at the Pan American Games, with Whitney winning a gold and three silver medals and brother Jason claiming a pair of silver. "I dont remember skiing for the first time, but my dad always tells people he took us out skiing before we could say no. We were two years old, both of us, and theres video of us so we know it happened," said Whitney, whose parents travelled to Guadalajara for the Games. "They pretty much follow us around the world," Whitney said. "Its good to have the support system, having them there makes us feel more loved." The 22-year-old Whitney took gold in the womens tricks event Sunday before adding a silver in the slalom event and a silver in the jump final. She also was second in Saturdays overall to finish the Games with four medals. "My goal was definitely four golds, but it was a big goal for the end of the season," she said. "This has definitely been a long season for us, our worlds were in July, and this is a long way from July. Im really happy with the way the weekend turned out." Teammate Karen Stevens of Iroquois, Ont., added two bronze medals in the slalom and jump events, a day after claiming bronze in the overall. Jason McClintock, 24, won a silver medal in the mens tricks event and another silver in mens slalom at Chapala, sending Canadas water-ski team home with 10 medals. "Hes been on a lot of national teams with me, and its always so nice to have him here," Whitney said of her brother. "Hes disappointed with his silver medals today as well, he was capable of gold, so were both a little disappointed. But its great to be at the Pan Am Games, we loved the experience, and the Mexican population loves the water skiing." Elsewhere, Canada won a gold and silver in equestrian events. Jessica Phoenix of Cannington, Ont., won the individual eventing competition, and teamed up with James Atkinson of Mountain Road, Man., Hawley Bennett of Langley, B.C., Rebecca Howard of Salmon Arm, B.C., and Serena OHanlon of Elgin, Ont., to win silver in the team eventing competition. Canadas womens softball team settled for silver after suffering a four-inning, 11-1 loss to the United States in the final. Brent McMahon of Victoria won bronze in the mens triathlon. Sunny Dhinsa of Abbotsford, B.C., earned silver in the mens 120-kilogram freestyle wrestling competition. Jeffrey Adamson of Saskatoon took bronze in the mens 84-kg division while Steven Takahashi of London, Ont., also won bronze in the mens 55-kg division after his opponent failed to make weight. "I thought I should have done better, but its a big stepping stone in my career," Takahashi said. Canada has won 66 medals (18 gold, 23 silver, 25 bronze) and trails first-place America (156) and Brazil (67) in the standings. The McClintocks were water-skiing competitively by the age of seven. Their aunt Judy and uncle Joel were world champions and their parents were both national team skiers and ran their own ski school in Cambridge. "Every step we were capablee of taking growing up, our parents were pushing us through it," said Jason, who has a colourful nautical-themed tattoo of sea monsters and buried treasure running the length of his left upper arm. Don Larsen Yankees Jersey. "I dont even remember running the course the first time, I was four or five. "Its cool. Ive been on the water longer than most people double my age." Whitney is the two-time defending world slalom champion, and 2009 world slalom, trick and overall world champion. Yet because its not an Olympic sport, the McClintocks arent well known outside of the water-skiing world. Canadian coach Matt Rini admits competing in relative obscurity can be frustrating. "Its easy to look at an Olympic gymnast or an Olympic track runner and know the amount of work that goes into that, because its well-publicized and everybody knows when you stand beside those people or watch them run," Rini said. "If you cant see what these guys do, you cant understand what it takes to do what they do. When youre standing on the side of the lake and see someone fly 220 feet, your eyes get really big and you go wow, this isnt just the cottage skiing I know or the rest of the world knows." The water skiing was held at Boca Laguna, a man-made private water-skiing run thats linked to Lake Chapala, the largest natural lake in Mexico stretching 100 kilometres long. The town of Chapala is known for its large population of Canadians -- as many as 10,000 during some times of the year. Meanwhile, Canadas equestrian team finished with 172.50 penalty points in team eventing to finish behind the gold-medal winning U.S. (138.60). "Im so proud to be part of our team," said Howard. "Im really excited about my first medal and now Im really keen and hungry to start a collection." Brazil won bronze with 209.80 penalty points. McMahon captured the second Pan Am Games medal of his career, finishing the triathlon course in Puerto Vallarta in one hour 48 minutes 23 seconds behind first-place Reinaldo Colucci of Brazil (1:48.02) and American Manuel Huerta (1:48.09). The 30-year-old McMahon returned to elite racing earlier this year after taking 18 months off with a career-threatening knee injury. "I did everything I could to come out of here with the gold but I just came up a little short," said McMahon. "I put everything out there today and Im super happy to win a medal for Canada." Brienne Stairs of Kitchener, Ont., and Kate Gillis of Kingston, Ont., scored in the final minute as Canadas womens field hockey team beat Trinidad and Tobago 2-1. The victory earned Canada its first semifinal appearance since 1999. "It was a hard game, but were glad we came through with a win," said Gillis. "I think we can take this momentum and go into our semifinal game flying." The softball teams loss to U.S. in four innings came less than an hour after the Canadians defeated Cuba 4-0 in the semifinals. The Americans gold medal marked their seventh in a row. "They are bigger, but I always like to say its not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog," said Toronto centre-fielder Joanne Lye. "So while this tournament does give the impression theres a huge gap to fill (between Canada and the U.S.), if we bring our game and our pitchers are on and everythings working for us, its a very small gap." Canada went 7-3 in the tournament. ' ' '


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