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CHICAGO -- Anthony Rizzo stayed at the plate for an extra second as his towering drive headed toward right field. The big first baseman just wanted to make sure it was fair before he got started on one enjoyable trip around the bases. Rizzo hit a two-run homer in the 13th inning and the Chicago Cubs beat the Miami Marlins 5-3 on Friday for their season-high fourth consecutive victory. "I think theyre playing with a lot of confidence right now and theyre continuing to pick each other up," Cubs manager Rick Renteria said. "I think theyre starting to feel and know they can do this. You dont want every game to be like this, but theyre doing it right. Well take it." The Cubs recovered after closer Hector Rondon blew a three-run lead in the ninth, earning their first four-game winning streak since last July 6-9. Rizzo also had a two-run double in the eighth and Jason Hammel pitched seven shutout innings. Junior Lake hit a leadoff single against Kevin Slowey (1-1) before Rizzo connected for his 12th homer. It was Rizzos second homer in two days and the Cubs first game-ending shot since he connected against St. Louis on July 29, 2012. "I hit it up in the air and the wind was blowing, so you never know," Rizzo said. "I knew I got enough of it. I was just hoping it would stay fair." Carlos Villanueva (2-5) pitched two perfect innings for the win. Chris Coghlan and Nate Schierholtz each had two hits. Garrett Jones had three hits for Miami, which had won four in a row. Nathan Eovaldi gave up three runs and six hits in 7 2-3 innings in his first career appearance against the Cubs. "I felt like I threw the ball well," Eovaldi said. "Was able to use both sides of the plate, slider was good, and I was able to throw my curveball a lot today for strikes." The Marlins had just two hits in extra innings. Their last nine hitters went down in order. "Other than the ninth inning, you know, mounting the rally, which was good to see, we put together some nice at-bats and gave ourselves a chance to play some extras," manager Mike Redmond said. "But then really in the extra innings, we didnt get anything going at all." Hammel allowed six hits, struck out eight and walked one, extending his scoreless streak to 14 innings over his last two outings. The right-hander, who could be an attractive trade target for a contender at next months deadline, is 2-1 with a 1.42 ERA over his last four starts. "I did my best to stay in my counts so I could be advantageous throwing the heater," he said. "I was kind of pitching backwards today. Slider early and fastball late." Hammel was in line for his seventh victory, which would have matched his total from last season, before the Marlins rallied in the ninth. Justin Bour had a run-scoring grounder before Reed Johnson, another pinch hitter, sliced a tying, two-run single into right-centre against one of his former teams. Bour was initially ruled safe on his grounder to first, but the call was overturned when a replay review showed Rondon got his foot on the bag in time. There was another overturned call in the 10th inning when Schierholtzs diving try for Casey McGehees sinking liner to right was initially ruled a successful catch. Eovaldi retired his first 14 batters before Schierholtz reached on a two-out single in the fifth for his 500th career hit. Coghlan followed with a liner to right for his third RBI in 24 games this season, scoring Schierholtz all the way from first for a 1-0 lead. While Eovaldi was shutting down the Cubs, Hammel had to work hard to keep the Marlins down. Miami got at least one hit in each of the first five innings, but Hammel was at his best when the Marlins had runners on base. 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Samir Nasris 88th-minute equalizer at Etihad Stadium will be of little consolation to City, which is now six points behind league leader Liverpool and four points behind second-place Chelsea. Third-place City has a game in hand but the surprise result against Sunderland, coupled with Sundays 3-2 loss at Liverpool, may be a setback too far in its bid for a second championship in three seasons.Palm Beach Gardens, FL (SportsNetwork.com) - Rick Cochran carded a 4-under 67 in Fridays second round and he moved one stroke clear of the field after two rounds of the Web.com Tour Qualifying Tournament. Cochran ended 36 holes at 10-under-par 133. He has played just one Web.com Tour event in his career and he missed the cut that week. Cochran shot his 67 on the Champion Course at PGA National. Play rotates over the par-71 Champion Course and the par-72 Fazio Course at PGA National for the six-round tournament. Dustin Bray also played the Champion Course and he posted a 5-under 66 to move into a share of second place at minus-9. He was joined there by Ted Purdy, who shot 68 on the Fazio Course. Purdy cost himself a share of the second-round lead as he bogeyed the par-5 17th. Justin Peters shot 4-under 67 on the Champion Course and is alone in fourth place at 8-under-par 135. Brad Fritsch fired a 7-under 64 on the Champion Course to jump into a share of fifth place at minus-7. He stands alongside Matt Fast (69) and Mikey Moyers (67), who both played the Fazio Course in round two. First-round leader Tain Lee faltered to a 6-over 77 on the Champion Course and he tumbled into a tie for 45th place at 1-under-par 142. Cochran, the nephew of former PGA and Champions Tour winner Russ Cochran, started his round with a pair of pars from the 10th on the Champion Course. He posted his first birdie of the day at the 12th and he followed seven conseccutive pars.dddddddddddd The 28-year-old caught fire as he poured in three consecutive birdies from the second to jump to 10-under. Cochran parred three in a row before making birdie at the eighth. However, he bogeyed the last to drop back to minus-10. Yesterday I hit it phenomenal. Today I hit a few loose shots, but was able to score well, Cochran admitted. Any day you score better than you play is a bonus. And thats what I did today. It goes without saying Im very happy where I stand after two rounds. Bray opened with a birdie on the par-5 10th. After four straight pars, he made his second birdie of the day at the 15th. He stumbled to his lone bogey of the round at the 17th. Around the turn, Bray erased that mistake with a birdie on the first. He later birdied the third, fifth and seventh to move into second place at 9-under. Purdy got off to a quick start with birdies at one and two. He gave one shot right back with a bogey on the third. Purdy atoned for that mistake with a birdie on the par-4 sixth. The former PGA and Web.com Tour winner birdied three of the first five holes around the turn to jump into a tie for the lead at 10-under. Purdy tripped to a bogey on the 17th before closing with a par at the last. NOTES: Cochrans lone Web.com Tour start was at the 2012 United Leasing Championship ... Peters had one of the eight bogey-free rounds on Friday ... The Champion Course as hosted the PGA Tours Honda Classic since 2007. 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