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Sunday, May 6 2:20pm ET
Cubs gain rare home sweep of Dodgers

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CHICAGO (AP) – Tom Gordon's first win in 2½ years helped the Cubs take three straight home games against the Dodgers for the first time in 29 years.


	Gary Matthews, left, is greeted by teammates at home plate after scoring the winning run Sunday against the Dodgers.

Gordon pitched one perfect inning in relief, and ex-Dodger Todd Hundley drove in the winning run with a ninth-inning single Sunday as Chicago beat Los Angeles 3-2.

"I was hoping to have a chance soon to get out there," said Gordon (1-0), whose last win was on Sept. 2, 1998, when he was with Boston. "My cutter had good breaking-ball bite today."

Gordon, who signed with the Cubs in December, missed all of last season after reconstructive elbow surgery.

Activated Tuesday, he sat for two games before being used in mop-up duty Thursday, and complained that he should be used only to save games. On Sunday, he came in with the game tied in the ninth.

"Today was like a save situation for me," said Gordon, whose last regular-season save came in May 1999. "Coming in with the game tied, I still had to hold them so we could come back out."

Said Cubs manager Don Baylor: "Gordon was real good. He was what we needed today. He got behind on (Eric) Karros but then he got him out. He carved them up after that."

Rondell White led off the Cubs' ninth with a double off Matt Herges (1-3), who then intentionally walked Sammy Sosa. Gary Matthews Jr. went on to run for White, and scored from second on Hundley's single to left with none out.

Dodgers left fielder Gary Sheffield could not cleanly field the bloop hit and had no play at the plate.

It's the Cubs' first sweep of a series of three games or more against the Dodgers at Wrigley Field since June 16-18, 1972.

"First one in how long? Wow, that's nice," Hundley said.

Chicago's Eric Young hit a sacrifice fly off reliever Mike Fetters in the eighth inning to tie the game 2-2.

Sheffield had put the Dodgers ahead 2-1 with a two-out single in the eighth.

Marquis Grissom's solo shot in the second inning -- his sixth homer of the season -- gave Los Angeles its other run.

The Dodgers were outscored 24-1 in the first two games of the series, including a 20-1 loss Saturday, the worst defeat for the club since it moved from Brooklyn to Los Angeles in 1958.

"They shut us down offensively all three days," Dodgers manager Jim Tracy said.

Dodgers starter Eric Gagne, seeking his first win since April 19, allowed one unearned run on one hit and no walks over seven innings. He struck out six.

"I wanted to pitch 15 innings if the game was going to go 15 innings," said Gagne, who threw 57 strikes over 88 pitches.

Gagne retired the first nine men he faced, but the Cubs got to him in the fourth.

Young hit an infield single and advanced to second on third baseman Jeff Reboulet's throwing error. Ricky Gutierrez reached on a fielder's choice while advancing Young to third on a bunt. One out later, Sosa hit a sacrifice fly to center to make it 1-1.

Gagne then retired 12 straight batters.

The Dodgers broke the tie in the eighth. Pinch-hitter Chris Donnels drew a one-out walk, and pinch-runner Tom Goodwin stole second. Mark Grudzielanek walked, and reliever Kyle Farnsworth struck out Reboulet.

Sheffield hit Farnsworth's 3-2 pitch into center to score Goodwin.

Chicago starter Jason Bere allowed two runs on four hits in 7 2-3 innings. He struck out six.

Game notes
Bere has never defeated an NL West opponent in 11 lifetime appearances. ... Three years ago Sunday, Chicago's Kerry Wood tied the major league record by striking out 20 Houston Astros in a 2-0 Cubs victory. ... The Cubs have won seven of their 10 series. ... Gagne had walked 11 hitters in 34 innings coming in.