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Diamondbacks	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	5	7	2

Game Recap

PHOENIX (AP) -- The Arizona Diamondbacks keep steaming along, one nailbiter at a time.

Chris Young homered in the first and second innings and drove in four runs as the Diamondbacks defeated the Chicago Cubs 5-4 on Sunday to take the three-game series between NL division leaders.

The Diamondbacks improved to a major league best 29-16 in one-run games. They have won 11 of 13 series since the All-Star break.

Arizona extended its lead to three games over San Diego in the NL West on the eve of a four-game series with the Padres in Petco Park.

Derrek Lee hit his second career inside-the-park homer for the Cubs, whose lead in the NL Central remained at 1½ games over Milwaukee. Chicago opens a three-game series with the Brewers Tuesday night in Wrigley Field. Cliff Floyd also homered for Chicago.

Edgar Gonzalez (6-2) pitched two scoreless innings in relief of Yusmeiro Petit, who was lifted after four innings with a 5-4 lead.

Jose Valverde pitched out of trouble in the ninth for his major league leading 40th save in 46 chances. With runners on first and second and no outs, Valverde struck out Jason Kendall and catcher Chris Snyder threw out Mike Fontenot on a steal attempt at third. After Valverde walked another batter, Jacque Jones hit a hard grounder between first and second. First baseman Tony Clark made a diving stop and tossed to Valverde at first to end the game. Valverde pumped his fists and shouted in celebration.

In the first, Conor Jackson's fielding error and Stephen Drew's throwing error helped spot the Cubs a quick 2-0 lead, and Floyd made it 3-0 with a 389-foot homer into the right field seats, his fifth.

That seemed to wake up the Diamondbacks.

Arizona sliced the deficit on Young's leadoff homer to left field off Jason Marquis (10-8) in the first, his 27th home run and eighth leading off a game.

The Diamondbacks made it 3-2 in the second on an RBI single by Jeff Cirillo, who entered batting .143. With two on and two out, Young hit a 3-1 delivery into the left field put the Diamondbacks ahead 5-3.

It was the fifth career multihomer game for Young. He had four hits -- all homers -- on the six-game homestand that ended Sunday.

The Cubs pulled within 5-4 in the third with a little help from Chase Field's distinct construction.

Lee hit a drive off an 18-foot-high railing that juts over center field. The ball caromed some 40 yards behind the center fielder Young, and by the time left fielder Eric Byrnes fielded the ball, the 6-foot-5, 245-pound Lee was chugging into third. Third base coach Mike Quade waved him home, and Lee easily beat the relay throw.

It was Lee's second career inside-the-park homer. The first came on April 12, 2003, for Florida against Marquis, then with Atlanta.

Petit started for Arizona and was removed after four innings with the Diamondbacks leading 5-4. He allowed four runs on five hits, walking two.

Marquis went 5 1/3 innings, allowing five runs and six hits. He walked three and struck out two.

Game Notes

Cubs CF Jones saved a run in the third with a diving catch of Snyder's liner into the right-center gap. Arizona RF Jeff Salazar did the same with a running stab of Jones' liner in the seventh. ... Byrnes stole his 36th and 37th bases. ... Diamondbacks manager Bob Melvin gave RF Justin Upton a day off. Upton went 3-for-17 on the six-game homestand. ... Arizona RHP Micah Owings, who is hitting .276 with 4 homers, pinch-hit for the third time this year. He bunted into a fielder's choice.