Cubs Slip By Marlins

     The Chicago Cubs pulled out a 5-4 win in 13 innings over the Miami Marlins at Marlins Park on Monday night. The Fish have lost seven of their last eight home games.
     In the first inning, Miami(35-34) jumped on Jason Hammel as they compiled two runs. Jake Marisnick led off with a single into center field and stole second before Jeff Baker struck out. Giancarlo Stanton came up and blasted a two-run homer to right field on a 1-1 pitch for his 19th home run of the season.
     The Marlins added another run during the fourth inning on a two-out rally. Stanton got a base hit into center field and later stole second. Casey McGehee followed with an RBI-single to left and made it 3-0.
     Chicago(29-39) bounced back with four runs off Tom Koehler in the top of the sixth to take a 4-3 lead. They had the bases loaded with one out when Anthony Rizzo grounded out to first for Hammel to score. Starlin Castro then socked three-run homer over the left-field wall for his tenth dinger this year which brought in Luis Valbuena and former Marlin Justin Ruggiano.
     Miami evened the game at 4-4 during the bottom of the sixth inning. Marcell Ozuna tripled into deep right-center field then scored on a sacrifice fly to center by Adeiny Hecahvarria.
     The tie was broken in the 13th inning by the Cubbies in an unusual way on a two-out rally against Jacob Turner. Junior Lake singled to center and then they pinch-hit reliever Carlos Villanueva with Travis Wood, who is a starting pitcher for the team. He doubled into left field to score Lake for the go-ahead run.
     Koehler went six innings for the Fish and he allowed two runs on four runs on five hits, Hammel surrendered four runs on eight hits and struck out nine Marlins in six innings.