Cubs fall to the Sox 6-5, and fall down 0-2 in the series
The Chicago Cubs lost to the Chicago White Sox for the second straight day as the White Sox outscored the Cubs 6-5 on Saturday afternoon. A home run by Carlos Quentin off of Cubs reliever Carlos Marmol in the seventh inning won it for the White Sox. Most times the ball wouldn’t have been a home run, but with Marmol’s fastball and the wind blowing out, the ball was able to get over the fence.
So now the Cubs have lost two in a row to the White Sox and will have to win on Sunday night to avoid the three game sweep by their crosstown rivals. The Cubs just didn’t get that big hit late in the game like they have in the past. Derrek Lee started off the ninth inning with a double and was moved over to third on a ground ball by Daryle Ward but Aramis Ramirez and Jim Edmonds both hit little ground balls to end the game. Have to get better swings on those kind of pitches late in the game with a runner on third base.
Lee finished the game 5-5 at the plate and knocked in three rbi. Mark DeRosa and Daryle Ward had the other two rbi for the Cubs. As a team they struck out a season high 14 times as they were not patient at all. Usually they will have more walks than strikeouts but this time they only had three walks compared to the 14 strike outs.
On the mound for the Cubs, Sean Gallagher gave up five runs over six innings of action. Gallagher gave up two home runs and eight total hits in the game. I was actually suprised that Lou left him in the game for as long as he did because he was really getting hit hard and the pitch count was getting up there.
Carlos Marmol ended up taking the loss as he gave up the home run to Quentin in the seventh inning. Like I mentioned before, in most cases that ball doesn’t leave the ballpark, and it was actually a pretty decent pitch by Marmol. Tough break for the kid and the team.
So now the Cubs will send Sean Marshall to the mound on Sunday night. The game will be on ESPN in front of a national audience. Hopefully Marshall and the Cubs can put on a show and pick up a win in the series.
