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by Carrie White sales Starlin Castro and the Chicago Cubs aren't scoring much lately. No need to against the New York Mets. Castro legged out a run-scoring infield single Troy Aikman Jerseyin the 11th inning, and the Cubs blanked the punchless Mets 2-0 Wednesday night for their second consecutive shutout at Citi Field. ''We're a little bit challenged offensively right now,'' Chicago manager Joe Maddon said. ''A lot of times teams will sink because of that. We have not and I really appreciate that a lot.'' Jon Lester threw seven sharp innings and the Cubs http://www.officialcowboysnflstore.com/WOMENS_YOUTH_TYRON_SMITH_JERSEY.html overcame a major baserunning blunder to score twice in the 11th. Miguel Montero added an RBI single as Chicago won its eighth straight against the Mets, including the first six meetings this season. ''Obviously we left some guys on base, but in the end we ended up getting the hits and that's why it's a good win. Our pitching's been fantastic,'' Cubs outfielder Mike Baxter said. The staggering Mets botched a suicide squeeze in the eighth and a double-play ball in the 11th during their latest flop at the plate. New York was held under two runs for the 20th time this season, tied for most in the majors. ''It's tough. Essentially it's centered around me,'' said No. 3 http://www.officialcowboysnflstore.com/WOMENS_YOUTH_TYRONE_CRAWFORD_JERSEY.htmlhitter Lucas Duda, who went 0 for 5 with four strikeouts. ''I'm not doing my job, not getting the job done, not driving runs in, not moving runners over.'' Dexter Fowler drew a leadoff walk from Carlos Torres (2-4) in the 11th. Four batters later, Anthony Rizzo scored as Castro beat out a slow bouncer to third baseman Daniel Murphy. Montero made it 2-0 with a single off Sean Gilmartin - all that prevented the Mets from losing 1-0 in consecutive home games for the second time since early May. Jason Motte (6-1) fanned two in a hitless inning and Justin Grimm threw a called third strike past Kevin Plawecki with runners at the corners for his first major league save, bringing a final round of boos from the crowd of 23,906. ''I just love when your team wins an extra-inning game on the road,'' Maddon said after his club http://www.officialcowboysnflstore.com/WOMENS_YOUTH_ZACK_MARTIN_JERSEY.htmlimproved to 9-4 in extra innings overall. Lester and Bartolo Colon took advantage of the feeble lineups they were facing. Colon allowed only three hits in seven innings and retired 14 straight following a leadoff double in the third. With his own team slumping at the plate, the colorful Maddon brought in an illusionist from Las Vegas to entertain his team before Tuesday night's game. Chicago won 1-0 to stop a five-game slide, and counterpart Terry Collins was asked Wednesday about Maddon's magic touch. ''I brought in a witch doctor to clean out the clubhouse, get all the bad spirits out of there,'' Collins said, drawing laughs. ''We need to send a magician down to St. Lucie where all the rehab guys are.'' Aside from mixing potions, Collins tried almost any trick he could think up in a desperate attempt to help the Mets push across a run.Sponsor Ads
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