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Huge Weekend for Chicago MLB Baseball Teams — Cubs & White Sox Both Sweep Weekend Series
Monday, April 26th, 2010 | Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, MLB, Sports | No Comments
WOW — what a great weekend for both Chicago MLB baseball teams. Both the Cubs and White Sox pulled off weekend sweeps to get back on track after a slow start to the 2010 MLB schedule.
The Cubs outscored the Brewers 25-4 in their 3-game weekend series at Miller Park in Milwaukee. The Cubs bats finally came to life and the pitching was just as impressive. Kosuke Fukudome and Tyler Colvin each hit 2 home runs in the series and Ryan Theriot racked up 9 hits in the series (with 14 hits in his last 5 games) to raise his batting average to .329. Ryan Dempster, Ted Lilly and Randy Wells picked up the wins and Carlos Zambrano made his 1st appearance out of the bullpen in Saturday’s win (although he did give up an earned run).
The Cubs are now 9-10. They trail the 1st place St. Louis Cardinals by 2 and one half 5 games in the National League Central Division and open up a 7-game homestand against the Washington Nationals and the Arizona Diamondbacks. If Carlos Silva and the Cubs win tonight at Wrigley Field, the Cubs will be back at .500 with a 10-10 record.
The White Sox, meanwhile, took 3 straight games from the Seattle Mariners on home runs in their final at-bat in each game at U.S. Cellular Field over the weekend. In Friday’s 7-6 win, Andruw Jones’ 2nd home run of the game on his birthday gave the Sox the walk-off win in the bottom of the 9th inning. Saturday’s win was even more thrilling. After Bobby Jenks surrendered 2 runs in the top of the 9th inning in a 2-2 tie, the Sox found themselves in a big hole. But with one out, Paul Konerko hit his 6th home run of the season to get the Sox within 1. Then with 2 outs, Carlos Quentin walked to set up Alex Rios’ game-winning, walk-off home run to deep left field that gave the White Sox the 5-4. Paul Konerko followed up his Saturday performance with another big home run in the bottom of the 8th inning that broke a 2-2. 3 straight days – 3 straight game-winning home runs for the White Sox in their last at-bat. Incredible!
The White Sox are now 8-11. They trail the 1st place Minnesota Twins by 5 games in the American League Central Division and start a 6-game road trip against the Rangers in Texas and the Yankees in New York.
These 2 teams are far from being playoff teams right now, but more games like this and we could be seeing a “Red Line Series” in Chicago very very soon…
Sox ousted by Rays in NLDS Game 4
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008 | Sports | No Comments
The Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Chicago White Sox 6-2 on Monday 10/6 to clinch its first post-season series victory in franchise history. B.J. Upton set the tone for the Rays with solo home runs in each of the 1st and 3rd innings. The Rays tacked on 3 more runs in the 4th and 5th innings to extend the lead to 5-1. Rays starter Andy Sonnanstine did the rest as he pitched 5 2/3 innings allowing only 2 earned runs on 3 hits. Sonnanstine never really got into any serious trouble as he allowed solo home runs to Paul Konerko and Jermaine Dye. Rays relievers J.P. Howell and Grant Balfour finished out the final 3 1/3 innings allowing only 2 base runners in the final 3 innings. White Sox starter Gavin Floyd never found his true form – he lasted only 3 innings, giving up 4 earned runs on 5 hits and 2 walks. The Rays magical season continues on as they will face the Boston Red Sox – their AL East pursuer – in the American League Championship Series set to begin on Friday, October 10th in Tampa Bay, Florida.
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