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Former Governor Jim Thompson said the agency that could buy Wrigley Field wants to the name and character of the historic ballpark to stay as is. Thompson, chairman of Illinois Sports Facilities Authority, said Wednesday that he hasn’t heard of any deals to link Wrigley’s name to a corporate sponsorship.

Jon Lieber became only the second pitcher in Chicago Cubs history to give up four homers in an inning, and Joey Votto connected three times in all as the Cincinnati Reds powered their way to a 9-0 victory on Wednesday. Votto started a four-homer second inning off Lieber (2-2), who was making his first start of the season.

Chicago Cubs righthander Jon Lieber tied a major league record by giving up four home runs in the second inning of Wednesday’s game against the Cincinnati Reds.

In the first five weeks, Carlos Zambrano has been the Chicago Cubs’ constant. Zambrano had his way with Cincinnati’s slumping lineup, allowing only three hits in eight innings, and Ronny Cedeno singled home a pair of runs that sent the Chicago Cubs to a 3-0 victory on Tuesday night. The Cubs won for only fourth time in 12 games, a span marked by inconsistency all-around.

Adam Dunn hit a two-run homer deep into the seats in right field, and rookie Johnny Cueto got back to hitting the corners with his 95 mph fastball Monday night, leading the Cincinnati Reds to a slump-busting 5-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs. The Reds ended a five-game losing streak by taking advantage of a pair of errors that set up five unearned runs off Ryan Dempster (4-1), who lost for the…

Ten years later, Kerry Wood still has vivid memories of his greatest game. The Chicago Cubs closer remembers everything about the day he struck out 20 batters in his fifth major league start, joining Roger Clemens as the only pitchers to accomplish the feat. Wood remembers how he felt warming up on May 6, 1998.

If the past five days are any indication, the Brewers are unravelling a lot earlier this year.

The Diamondbacks already have Brandon Webb, Dan Haren, Randy Johnson and Micah Owings in their rotation. Add in phenom Max Scherzer and it’s not hard to see why they are No. 1.

The New York Mets keep finding ways to win in Arizona. The Mets beat the Diamondbacks for the 15th time in 17 tries with a 5-2 victory on Sunday. New York took two of three from the Diamondbacks, handing Arizona just its second series loss of the season. The only other series Arizona lost was its season-opening set at Cincinnati.