HOUSTON -- Mike Fiers did not have his best stuff Sunday night, and the Chicago Cubs jumped on him quickly.Jorge Soler and Addison Russell homered to lead Chicago to a 9-5 win over the Houston Astros, moving the Cubs closer to clinching the NL Central.Soler hit a solo home run as part of Chicagos four-run third, and Russell hit a two-run shot -- his 20th of the season -- in the fourth as the Cubs built a 9-0 lead.I thought we played pretty well, I just didnt hold up my end of the bargain and end up losing because of it, Fiers said. Big games like this youve got to lock it in and play a lot better than I did. Put us in a hole pretty quick and it was tough to get out of.Fiers (10-7) was tagged for seven runs on seven hits in 2 1/3 innings as Houston fell 9 1/2 games behind Texas in the AL West and 3 1/2 back of Toronto and Baltimore in the wild-card race.Honestly I dont know what it was, Fiers said. Made some good pitches, made some bad pitches. They hit both and ended up getting ahead pretty early.The right-hander had won two straight and allowed three runs or fewer in each of his previous four starts.His command wasnt really there, Houston manager A.J. Hinch said. It seemed like he was losing a lot of breaking balls up into the arm side, which is a little bit of a delivery issue. So there was a lot of different things that just werent going his way. Just wasnt his night. I thought he did the best he could but it was an off night for him.Chicago extended its lead in the NL Central to 16 games over St. Louis.Jake Arrieta (17-6) allowed three runs on four hits with three strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings. His 17 wins lead the NL, and his 11 road wins leads the majors.Arrieta cruised through the first five innings, allowing a solo home run to Jose Altuve in the fourth to go with a walk and single but ran into trouble in the sixth.Alex Bregman hit an RBI double and came around to score on Arrietas wild pitch to cut the lead to 9-3 in the sixth. The Astros then loaded the bases with one out, but Justin Grimm induced pop-ups by Evan Gattis and Colby Rasmus to end the threat.Disappointing obviously to fall that far behind, Hinch said. We had a chance in the sixth, got a couple runs, could have had a bigger inning.Kris Bryant had an RBI double in the first, and David Ross had a sacrifice fly before Javier Baez scored on a wild pitch by Mike Fiers in the second.Baez added an RBI single, and Albert Almora hit a two-run single as part of the third.We came out ready to play, Chicago manager Joe Maddon said. We always do, but there was a little bit of juice about the whole game. Everybody was really raring to go and I thought we did a wonderful job of getting on top like we did.Yulieski Gurriel and Gattis hit back-to-back solo home runs in the ninth as the Astros lost for the fourth time in five games.TRAINERS ROOMAstros: SS Carlos Correa was back in the lineup after missing four games with inflammation in his left shoulder. Correa singled in the second and was replaced by pinch hitter A.J. Reed in the fourth. Hinch said Correa was fine. I wasnt going to let him reaggravate it with the score 9-0 going into that inning, Hinch said.WEB GEMSAlmora ended the fifth with a diving catch coming in on Marwin Gonzalezs falling pop fly. Jake Marisnick then robbed Almora of a hit in the eighth, coming in and making a diving grab on Almoras pop fly.UP NEXTCubs: RHP Kyle Hendricks (14-7) starts the first game of a three-game series against the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday. Hendricks leads the majors with a 2.07 ERA. 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I dont think theres an individual who could do what Bernie did.When asked why he felt Ecclestone, who has held a position of power in F1 since the late 1970s, would be irreplaceable, Brawn cited the struggles of the Manchester United football team since the departure of legendary manager Sir Alex Ferguson in 2013.I think because of the relationships hes built over the years ... you just dont walk into those relationships, its impossible. A lot of the approach and success hes had is based on those relationships and that experience.ddddddddddddNo-one can pick that up, its impossible to, and therefore whatever comes after Bernie will certainly be a different structure. I think if you tried to replace Bernie with something the same, I think it would be a disappointment because I dont know what there is that is the same.Its not a great example, because football does show that managers follow managers, but if you look at Manchester United and the culture and philosophy Sir Alex Ferguson created, its seems very difficult for someone to step into that. Theres not a lot of choice in Formula One because you have to have one football manager.Its kind of analogous but that culture and philosophy that as created at Manchester United, its been very difficult for anyone to pick that up. It almost needs to be torn down and start again to achieve success in the future.Brawn had a strained relationship with Ecclestone during his time in F1, notably while boss of his own team, Brawn GP, and Mercedes. However, he insists the pair always shared a mutual respect even when they were at odds over particular issues.I havent spoken to Bernie since I left the sport ... 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