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Cubs fall one rally short

Michael Barrett's homer in the third inning put the Cubs up by two runs.

Wade Miller gave up 7 runs

CHICAGO -- Albert Pujols slugged a three-run homer with one out in the 10th inning Sunday to power the St. Louis Cardinals to a 12-9 victory over the Chicago Cubs and take the series, 2-1.

Pujols' blast, the fourth of the game by the Cardinals, came off Ryan Dempster (0-1), who had given up singles to Preston Wilson and David Eckstein to set up the homer. St. Louis had taken a 9-7 lead in the ninth on Scott Rolen's two-run triple, one of his career-high five hits in the game.

But the Cubs rallied in the ninth against Jason Isringhausen, when Michael Barrett singled to lead off and reached third two outs later on Alfonso Soriano's pinch-hit double. Both scored on Mark DeRosa's windblown single that dropped between three players in shallow right, tying the game at 9.

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