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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
St. Louis 3, Chi. Cubs 2
When: 2:15 PM ET, Sunday, September 25, 2011
Where: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Temperature: 66°
Umpires: Home - Adrian Johnson, 1B - Fieldin Culbreth, 2B - Gary Cederstrom, 3B - Lance Barksdale
Attendance: 41469

Rafael Furcal hit a solo homer in the eighth inning and Edwin Jackson tossed seven strong frames as the St. Louis Cardinals stayed alive in the NL wild-card race with a 3-2 victory over the visiting Chicago Cubs on Sunday.

Yadier Molina tied it with a solo blast in the seventh, and Jackson chipped in a sacrifice fly for the Cardinals, who pulled to within one game of wild-card leader Atlanta. The Braves lost at Washington on Sunday.

After the Cubs scratched out a run in the top of the seventh to go up 2-1, Molina came up with one out in the bottom of the frame and laced a 3-1 offering on the inside corner into the Chicago bullpen off Randy Wells.

Furcal, whose error against the New York Mets on Thursday triggered a ninth-inning collapse and put the team on the brink of elimination, redeemed himself in the eighth. After taking a strike on the first pitch from Wells (7-6), Furcal jumped on the 0-1 pitch and found the seats in right for his seventh homer.

Jackson allowed two runs on five hits in seven innings, and Octavio Dotel (5-3) picked up the win in relief.

Jason Motte worked the ninth for his ninth save.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Chi. Cubs   St. Louis
Randy Wells Player Edwin Jackson
Loss W/L No Decision
8.0 IP 7.0
2 Strikeouts 2
6 Hits 5
3.38 ERA 2.57
Hitting
Chi. Cubs   St. Louis
Blake DeWitt Player Yadier Molina
2 Hits 2
0 RBI 1
0 HR 1
2 TB 5
.500 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Chi. Cubs 5 0 6 .156 14 6 2 3 0 0
St. Louis 6 2 12 .231 6 2 3 3 0 1