The Chicago White Sox returned the favor to the Chicago Cubs as they south siders pulled away late to beat the Cubs 5-1 and sweep the Cubs in the three game series.  It wasn’t how I pictured the weekend going for the Cubs, but the White Sox bullpen held up all weekend and the Cubs bullpen did not.

Sunday night we say manager Lou Piniella get thrown out of the game after arguing a check swing call that went against the Cubs in the bottom of the second inning.  Piniella rushed out of the dugout towards the first base dugout and was quickly told to stop and get back in the dugout and as he was walking back was thrown out of the game by the home play umpire.  Lou got some words in with him as well.  From what I understood during the telecast last night, both the first base and home plate umpires were called up from the minor leagues for the series.

Sean Marshall pitched pretty good but took the loss and is now 0-2 on the season.  Marshall gave up two home runs, five hits, and three runs over seven innings of action.  Jose Ascanio gave up another home run (two run shot) in the eighth inning as the Jim Thome took him deep to extend the White Sox lead by 4.

The Cubs had chances to score runs in the game but once again failed to come up with the big hit with runners in scoring position.  Only one run for this Cubs offense is pretty bad.  Ronny Cedeno provided the one rbi for the Cubs when he singled in the seventh inning and Mark DeRosa scored.  Ryan Theriot, Derrek Lee, and Aramis Ramirez went a combined 0-11 in the game.

The Cubs boarded a plane right after the game and flew out to California where they will begin a series with the San Francisco Giants on Monday night. Yay more night games on the West coast.  I really hate these late games.

One Response to “Sox sweep the Cubs with 5-1 win”

1. BleedBlue Says:
   June 30th, 2008 at 7:43 pm

   Game 3 of the Cross Town Classic. The officiating was pathetic. Granted the Cub’s didn’t play to potential. But, at the same time the officials need to be held accountable for their mistakes; poor calls. Is there ever an umpire that gets written up or demoted because of bad officiating? I’ve never heard of it. Demotions and monetary penalties need to implemented. We have computers that show pitches in the strike zone, and bad safe/out calls at respective bases. Bad calls need to be addressed. Officials need to be held accountable for their conduct on the field just like everyone else in their repsective careers. We need to stop giving officials “God” like privelages in baseball. There is too much money being spent by fans and too much at stake to allow officials to continue with unaccountable calls. I’m not saying remove the human element out of baseball, but hold officials accountable for their mistakes just as I am held accountable at work for my mistakes. The problem is fans don’t make the head of major league baseball face this important fact. He is just sliding by looking at infractions like fist fights. He isn’t going to do anything against the umpire’s union because that would make him actually work for his salary and cause waves with the owners. Make the officials accountable for their actions. We are all accountable for mistakes, including players and managers, and umpires should not be excluded. This problem has gone on far too long. I cringe at thinking about the NBA’s officiating problems. When will they ever consistantly call traveling?

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