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CHICAGO (AP)—The Chicago Cubs’ offense had all but vanished, their fans were growing restless and their veteran manager remained perplexed by this collective hitting slump.
And then in two innings Thursday, the Cubs put together a rally against their crosstown rivals and emerged with a 6-5 victory over the White Sox that was one of their most dramatic wins of the season.
“Sometimes when you are struggling, nothing works. I’ve been struggling for a couple of weeks,” said Alfonso Soriano(notes), who singled home the winning run in the ninth after Derrek Lee(notes) and Geovany Soto(notes) hit back-to-back homers in a four-run eighth to tie the game.
“I needed a game like this today and the team needed a game like this today,” Soriano said. “Everybody can relax and come back tomorrow with new energy.”
The late comeback gave the Cubs a two-game split of this rain-shortened set at Wrigley Field. They are 34-34 against the White Sox in interleague play.
Pinch-hitter Reed Johnson(notes) started the ninth with a single, moved up on a sacrifice and scored on Soriano’s two-out single to right-center off Matt Thornton(notes) (4-2). Soriano was 14 for 102 and 0 for 15 before singling in his final two at-bats.
And then in two innings Thursday, the Cubs put together a rally against their crosstown rivals and emerged with a 6-5 victory over the White Sox that was one of their most dramatic wins of the season.
“Sometimes when you are struggling, nothing works. I’ve been struggling for a couple of weeks,” said Alfonso Soriano(notes), who singled home the winning run in the ninth after Derrek Lee(notes) and Geovany Soto(notes) hit back-to-back homers in a four-run eighth to tie the game.
“I needed a game like this today and the team needed a game like this today,” Soriano said. “Everybody can relax and come back tomorrow with new energy.”
The late comeback gave the Cubs a two-game split of this rain-shortened set at Wrigley Field. They are 34-34 against the White Sox in interleague play.
Pinch-hitter Reed Johnson(notes) started the ninth with a single, moved up on a sacrifice and scored on Soriano’s two-out single to right-center off Matt Thornton(notes) (4-2). Soriano was 14 for 102 and 0 for 15 before singling in his final two at-bats.