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Derrek Lee homers twice, Chicago Cubs clobber Lohse and St. Louis Cardinals 9-7

Derrek Lee homered his first two at-bats, helping the Chicago Cubs pummel Kyle Lohse and knock the St. Louis Cardinals out of first place in the NL Central with a 9-7 victory on Sunday.Ryan Dempster (11-8) won his third straight start for the Cubs, who have won only four of 18 but took two out of three against a team that had grabbed the division lead with a three-game sweep at Cincinnati. The Cubs won consecutive games for the first time since July 23-24 against the Cardinals at home.Albert Pujols became the first player to hit 30 homers in his first 10 seasons when he belted a drive to straightaway center in the first. The St. Louis slugger has homered in seven of his last 13 games to give him 396 for his career, tied with Joe Carter for 50th place.The Cardinals are 10-5 against the Reds, back in the lead after beating Florida 2-0, but have struggled against the also-ran Cubs (4-5) and Astros (5-7). St. Louis is 48-25 when Chris Carpenter, Adam Wainwright or Jaime Garcia pitches, and...

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