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Final Score: Washington 1 - Chicago Cubs 6

Chicago, IL (Sports Network) - Rich Harden was excellent on the mound and Kosuke Fukudome had a pinch-hit, two-run homer to lead the Cubs in a rout of the lowly Washington Nationals, 6-1, in the rubber match of a weekend set from Wrigley Field.

Harden (9-2) was touched for just one run on two hits over seven frames. The righty also matched a career-high by fanning 11 batters without issuing a base on balls to get the win.

Mark DeRosa had a solo homer and has now homered in four straight games for the Cubs, who are 10-3 over their 13 contests. Geovany Soto added a two-run shot and Aramis Ramirez drove in the other run for Chicago, which is 4 1/2 games ahead of Milwaukee for the top spot in the NL Central.

Jason Bergmann (2-10) was saddled with the loss after he gave up four runs on four hits in 6 1/3 frames while striking out six and walking four.

Austin Kearns had a solo homer to account for the lone run for the Nationals, who have dropped 14 of their last 16 games. Washington finished with just four total hits en route to dropping its fifth straight series.

Chicago got on the board in the second inning. DeRosa led the frame off with a homer and Jim Edmonds followed with a walk. Soto kept it going with a two- run blast to left, giving the Cubs a 3-0 lead.

Washington got a run back in the third as Kearns opened the frame with a homer to left.

Mike Fontenot cracked a one-out double in the seventh, which brought Steven Shell in from the bullpen. Pinch-hitter Fukudome then launched his ninth homer of the year to right.

Later in the seventh, Alfonso Soriano reached on a fielding error by Ryan Zimmerman and Ryan Theriot put runners on the corners with a base-hit. Ramirez grounded into a force, which scored Soriano for Chicago's sixth run.