Carlos Zambrano pitched the Cubs to victory with his longest, sharpest start of the season Tuesday on a night his heart was back home in Venezuela.
After the Cubs beat the Washington Nationals 5-4, Zambrano -- who allowed one run and five hits and struck out eight in 7� innings -- hurried to the airport for a late flight to Caracas to join his family at a hospital where his nephew is fighting a deadly bacterial infection.
''It's bad,'' a red-eyed Zambrano said softly. ''He's only 11 years old. And being close to death. ... Sometimes you say people should live till they're old, but when God has something in mind and calls us to heaven, what can we do? It's pretty …
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