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(AP) --  Aramis Ramirez homered with two outs in the
bottom of the eighth  for his third hit of the game and the
Chicago Cubs rallied for a 4-3 victory over the Philadelphia
Phillies.

 Ramirez appears to be coming out of a season-long slump. His
11th homer came off Ryan Madson (2-1). It cleared the bleachers in
left field and gave him 14 RBIs in his last eight games.

 Sean Marshall (6-2) pitched the eighth in relief of Ted Lilly
and Carlos Marmol struck out the side in the ninth for his 17th
save in 20 chances.

 Ryan Howard hit his 20th homer with two outs in the sixth, a
drive onto the roof of a batter's eye seating section in
straightaway center. It was his third home run in two games and it
put the Phils up 3-1.

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