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IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Dont count Wisconsin out of the Big Ten West race just yet.Corey Clement ran for 134 yards and a touchdown and the 10th-ranked Badgers used a stout defense to beat Iowa 17-9 on Saturday, snapping a two-game skid.Alex Hornibrook had 197 yards passing for the Badgers (5-2, 2-2 Big Ten), who won for the fourth straight time in Iowa City.Back-to-back losses to Ohio State and Michigan put Wisconsin in a hole in its own division. But the Badgers survived a late Iowa surge -- and next week they get division favorite Nebraska at home.They persevered. They kept playing, and they did it together, Wisconsin coach Paul Chryst said.Backup Bart Houston threw a touchdown pass for Wisconsin, and Clements 1-yard TD run put the Badgers up 14-6 midway through the third quarter.But Wisconsin was carried by its defense. The Badgers allowed just 236 yards on 60 plays and held the Hawkeyes (5-3, 3-2) without a touchdown for the first time all season -- just a week after they scored 49 points against Purdue.C.J. Beathard had 153 yards passing for Iowa, which lost its third straight at home.There were some plays that we left out there. That certainly didnt help our cause, Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz said.THE TAKEAWAYWisconsin: Chryst wasnt just giving lip service to Wisconsins perseverance. The Badgers overcame two missed field goals and a fumble that Iowa recovered in its own end zone, and their defense stopped Iowa 11 times on 13 third downs.Iowa: The Hawkeyes offense, which has been inconsistent at times this season, bottomed out. Beathard hardly had any open receivers -- and when he did, he missed them more than once. Iowas hopes for a run at the West title now seem dim, with Penn State, Michigan and Nebraska still on its schedule.POLL IMPLICATIONSWisconsin became the first team in 25 years to earn a top-10 ranking after losing back-to-back games. The Badgers likely wont move up much unless some teams ahead of them suffer upsets.PIVOTAL MOMENTDown 14-6 midway through the fourth quarter, Iowa finally found some life in the passing game. But the Hawkeyes drive stalled out at the Wisconsin 20, and Ferentz elected for a field goal to get within five. Freshman Keith Duncan pushed his kick wide right, though, and Clement broke a tackle in the backfield on 3rd-and-1 for a 34-yard gain with less than four minutes left. I thought we did a pretty good job of keeping him under control. Then he popped that one at the end, Ferentz said of Clement, who had 35 carries.THE ALMOST PIVOTAL MOMENTIowa appeared to pull to 17-12 with less than a minute left on a touchdown catch by freshman Noah Fant -- which was set up by a brilliant kick return from Desmond King. But the officials said the ball hit the turf during the process of the catch. The Hawkeyes elected to kick a field goal down 11 with 43 seconds left, but their subsequent on-side kick went out of bounds.HOUSTONS MOMENTHouston, the senior who had ceded the starting job to Hornibrook, was 4 of 6 passing for 59 yards and led the Badgers to their first touchdown. Houstons package included some read option plays, giving the Badgers a different look. For us to be the best team we can be, were going to need everyone, Chryst said. Bart gives us some stuff.UP NEXTWisconsin: The Badgers brutal stretch in the Big Ten continues next week when they host the Cornhuskers, who entered Saturday ranked eighth in the country. 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We did a lot of good things, but we didnt score any runs.Chapman remained in the bullpen hours after he joined the team and struggled answering questions related to an altercation last year with his girlfriend.Chapman arrived after being acquired from the New York Yankees and got questions from reporters about his offseason domestic violence incident and ensuing 29-game suspension. Chapman said he couldnt recall a conversation with Cubs personnel about off-field conduct that Chicago described in a release when it announced the trade.President of baseball operations Theo Epstein said the Spanish-speaking Chapman did not understand the reporters questions, adding that Chapman was pretty nervous and insisting the closer understands what the Cubs expect.Understand, this kid comes from Cuba, doesnt speak the language very well, Maddon said. Even through an interpreter, its easy to misunderstand and, even furthermore, maybe he didnt want to relate what had been said.Adam Eaton homered and the White Sox stayed unbeaten since ace Chris Sales suspension for cutting up throwback jerseys.When Sale destroyed the 1976-style jerseys before his scheduled start Saturday, the White Sox had to put on their 1983 uniforms after Sale was sent home. Theyve won four straight in those white jerseys while Sale serves a five-day suspension.Cant wear them tomorrow, manager Robin Ventura said, noting theyll have to put on visiting dark jerseys as the series shifts to Wrigley Field. If we could, I think we would.The Cubs had no extra-base hits. Kris Bryant was 0 for 4 with three strikeouts and has fanned seven times in 10 at-bats against Shields.Good changeup, Bryant saidd.dddddddddddd I thought I had some pretty good at-bats but he just figured it out.Shields (5-12) struck out five and continued an impressive turnaround from a terrible first three starts after being acquired from San Diego last month.This is the guy we were thinking of when we got him, Ventura said.Nate Jones finished the eighth and David Robertson worked a perfect ninth for his 24th save as the White Sox (50-50) returned to .500.Jose Abreu had two hits, including an RBI single in the first off Hendricks (9-7) that ended his streak of 22 2/3 innings without allowing an earned run.Eaton added a solo homer in the fifth on a day where both teams faced off-field issues.Minutes after Chapmans strange interaction with the media, Ventura asserted he can work with Sale despite the aces critical comments of the manager for not sticking up for him when he was suspended for the collared jerseys he objected to.Shields, who allowed 22 runs in his first three starts with the White Sox, walked four. He got Dexter Fowler to pop out with the bases loaded to end the second and worked out of another jam in the sixth.Hendricks struck out seven and exited after Todd Fraziers two-out bloop single in the sixth. Travis Wood entered and walked three straight batters to force in a run.I thought Kyle was outstanding, Maddon said. Leadoff walk scores, homer scores and Travis was uncharacteristically wild.TRAINERS ROOMCubs: Maddon said OF Jorge Soler (left hamstring) needs nine or 10 more at-bats at Triple-A Iowa before hell return. ... Bryant was the DH, but not because of any injuries during a head-first slide into second base a night earlier. Itll be nice to get off my feet a little bit, he said. After (the slide), I felt fine.UP NEXTThe Cubs host the final two games of the series, with RHP Jason Hammel (9-5, 3.35 ERA) to start Wednesday night. RHP Anthony Ranaudo (1-0, 17.18), acquired from Texas in a May trade, will make his White Sox debut. ' ' '