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PITTSBURGH -- John Lackey fielded phone calls from plenty of interested teams in the offseason. Jerry Grote Jersey Signed . Yet the veteran pitcher opted for the Chicago Cubs.Sure, the money was good. The opportunity was even better.I had some pretty good offers from other people and I chose this one for a reason, Lackey said. Its all here.Looks like it.Lackey worked through five innings, Chris Coghlan hit a three-run triple and the Cubs held off the staggering Pittsburgh Pirates 6-4 on Tuesday night. Coghlans second-inning drive off the wall in right-center against Ryan Vogelsong (3-7) gave the NL Central champions all the offense they would need to win for the seventh time in their last eight games. Chicago improved to 101-56, the clubs highest victory total since it won 104 games in 1910.Pittsburgh was eliminated from postseason contention when San Francisco won later Tuesday, ending a run of three-straight playoff appearances.Dexter Fowler added an RBI double for the Cubs. Lackey (11-8) worked around five hits and three walks to win his last regular season start. The 37-year-old finished his 14th season 11-8 with a 3.35 ERA and has looked fresh since a stint on the disabled list to rest his right shoulder. Lackey is 2-1 with a 3.00 ERA since coming off the DL earlier this month.The rest was good for him, manager Joe Maddon said. Hes going into the postseason well rested. Just got to keep these guys sharp.Lackeys next start will be in the playoffs, a time of year the two-time World Series champion knows well. Hes 8-5 with a 3.11 ERA in the postseason and doesnt think Maddon will need to do anything too extravagant to keep him engaged during the lengthy downtime.I dont know about (simulation) games, Lackey said. I can throw a bullpen and be just fine. I dont need to see somebody up there. I know how to throw the ball over the plate.Felix Pena recorded the final two outs for his first career save after Andrew McCutchen hit a two-run single off Justin Grimm to get the Pirates within two. Pena struck out Sean Rodriguez with the bases loaded to end it.Overall we did play pretty well, Maddon said. We got everybody involved, which is good. Theres a lot to be happy with.Vogelsong allowed four runs in five innings and fell to 0-3 with a 9.55 ERA in September. The 39-year-old managed to get out of a two-on situation in the first but couldnt in the second. A hit batter and two walks loaded the bases for Coghlan. The outfielder narrowly missed his first career grand slam when the ball landed just below the top of the fence. He sped to third for his second triple since rejoining Chicago in a trade with Oakland in June.Just an unacceptable start, Vogelsong said. No excuses. Just unacceptable.Lackey made sure it stood, though not without some shaky moments. He needed a double play to thwart a potentially big inning in the second and his defense bailed him out when Jordy Mercers line drive with the bases loaded in the fourth went straight to second baseman Munenori Kawasaki, who flipped to second to double off Rodriguez.The Pirates went 2 for 13 with runners in scoring position -- both hits coming in the ninth -- and left 11 men on base.STREAK ENDSPittsburgh reliever Juan Nicasio gave up two runs in the ninth and failed to record a strikeout for the first time in 34 appearances, ending his club-record streak.TRAINERS ROOMCubs: OF Jorge Soler remained in Chicago while dealing with tightness in his side but could rejoin the team in Cincinnati on Friday. Maddon said an MRI on Soler came back negative, but with the division already clinched theres no rush to get Soler back on the field. Side bothers him, nothing horrible, nothing to be highly concerned about, Maddon said. I dont know what we think right now, except that it wasnt bad.Pirates: LF Starling Marte remained out of the starting lineup with back stiffness and grounded out as a pinch-hitter in the fifth. The All-Star has just three plate appearances -- all as a pinch hitter -- since Sept. 5. My brothers are out there battling and I wish I could get out there with them, Marte said.UP NEXT:Cubs: Jake Arrieta (18-7, 2.85 ERA) makes his final start of the regular season. The 2015 Cy Young Award winner is 9-1 with a 1.46 ERA in 12 career starts against the Pirates.Pirates: Rookie Jameson Taillon (4-4, 3.49) faces the Cubs for the second time this season. Chicago touched him for four runs in four innings of a 10-5 loss on June 19. Terrence Jones Jersey Signed . 10 Texas A&Ms offence dominated as usual against SMU. NBA Jerseys China . Rousey will put her perfect 8-0 record and hardware on the line against another undefeated fighter, 7-0 Sara McMann in the main event of UFC 170, which will be held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas Nevada on February 22nd. https://www.cheapnbajerseysjustwholesale.com/ . The team also announced Tuesday that the Braves will wear a commemorative patch on the right sleeve during the season. The patch, shaped like home plate, carries the number 715, Aarons autograph and a "40th Anniversary" banner. There is no greater costume change in tennis than going from Wimbledon whites to black tie, and never before have so many British players walked the purple carpet into the Champions Dinner.Based on the number of British winners, Andy Murray was undoubtedly correct when he described Sunday as the greatest day in the history of British tennis. Murray might have buried his head in a towel after defeating Milos Raonic to score his second Wimbledon title and third Grand Slam, but he plainly wasnt the only British player who experienced high emotion and then had to find some party clothes.Among the British winners was Heather Watson who, playing alongside Finlands Henri Kontinen, claimed the mixed doubles title for what was her first Grand Slam. She also became the first British woman since Jo Durie in 1987 to hold a Wimbledon doubles title.History was also made by Gordon Reid, who won the inaugural wheelchair mens singles title, a day after he and fellow Briton Alfie Hewett had taken the wheelchair doubles title. Jordanne Whiley was another British champion as she combined with Japans Yui Kamiji to take the wheelchair womens doubles title for a third successive year.Still, for all the joy and euphoria of prize-giving weekend, and for all the mid-tournament fun of qualifier Marcus Willis playing Roger Federer in the second round, or Dan Evans encountering the Swiss a round later, lets not imagine that British tennis is in perfect health.The true test of Willis ability and character will come when the new world No. 418 (he has climbed 354 places in the rankings) returns to the grind of playing third-tier tournaments in front of single-digit crowds -- as far removed as possible from the experience of facing Federer in front of 15,000 spectators on Centre Court. And can Evans, now up to a career high of 73 in the rankings, play at a consistently high level for the rest of the summer and then until the end of the season?Consider how Watson, despite her success in the mixed doubles, had a horrible first-round defeat in the womens singles after failing to close out match poinnts, with that calamity made even worse by the $12,000 fine she received for bashing her racket on the grass (that would turn out to be the biggest fine for any player during The Championships). Kenny Anderson Jersey Signed. Jo Konta, who was the first British woman since the 1980s to be seeded in the womens singles draw, lost in the second round, though she was a little unfortunate to have had played Canadas Eugenie Bouchard, a former finalist.Also unlucky with her draw was Laura Robson, who was paired in the opening round with Angelique Kerber, the eventual finalist, with the former girls champion unable to threaten the German as she won just four games during her straight-sets defeat.While Kyle Edmund is now a top-100 player, he is yet to win a set in the main draw at the All England Club, after four defeats in the opening round at The Championships during his career. Unlike, say, British wild card James Ward, who drew Novak Djokovic in the first round, Edmund had what appeared to be a winnable match against Frances Adrian Mannarino. At the very least, you would have expected him to have won a set.This was Jamie Murrays first Wimbledon as the doubles world No. 1, but it didnt work out as planned with he and his Brazilian partner, Bruno Soares, going no further than the quarterfinals. Only one British girl or boy -- Gabriella Taylor -- made it through to the quarterfinals of the junior singles events, and she was forced into retiring from her match through illness, and was later taken to intensive care.With Andy Murray saying on Monday it is highly unlikely he will compete in Britains Davis Cup quarterfinal against Serbia, the tie will be an opportunity for Britains B-team to show what they can do on a (clay) tennis court. While Serbia will also be playing their B-team, with Djokovic and Victor Troicki also absent, the weekend in Belgrade may end up revealing more about the state of British mens tennis than the past fortnight on the Wimbledon grass did. ' ' '