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Major League Baseball

June 27, 2008  U.S. Cellular Field-Attendance: 39,132 (40,615)  Time: 2:49
 
Chicago Cubs 3 Chicago White Sox 10
 FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Cubs  0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 10 1
 White Sox  1 0 7 0 0 1 0 1 X 10 14 0
W: J. Contreras (W, 7-6); L: R. Dempster (L, 9-3)
HR: CHC: M. Fontenot (4), J. Edmonds (8), G. Soto (13). CWS: N. Swisher (9).

Batting
Chicago Cubs
Name AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
K Fukudome DH 4 0 2 0 1 0 1 .301
E Patterson LF-2B 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 .250
D Lee 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 .287
A Ramirez 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .298
D Ward RF 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 .281
J Edmonds CF 4 1 1 1 0 1 2 .236
G Soto C 4 1 3 1 0 1 1 .285
M Fontenot 2B 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 .252
   M Murton PH-LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .222
R Cedeno SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .276
Team totals: 35 3 10 3 2 5 7  

Individual Batting:
Home runs: M Fontenot (4, 5th inning off J Contreras with 0 on, 0 outs) , J Edmonds (8, 7th inning off J Contreras with 0 on, 0 outs) , G Soto (13, 5th inning off J Contreras with 0 on, 0 outs)
RBI: M Fontenot (15), J Edmonds (28), G Soto (47)
Grounded into double play: D Lee (2)
Left in scoring position: D Lee (2), E Patterson (1)

Team Batting:
Left on base: 7
Left in scoring position: 3
Hits with runners in scoring position: 3 at-bats, 1 hits

Fielding:
Errors: E Patterson (3)
Double plays: 1: (#1: M Fontenot, R Cedeno, D Lee)

Batting
Chicago White Sox
Name AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
O Cabrera SS 4 2 2 0 1 0 0 .276
A Pierzynski C 5 2 2 1 0 0 1 .299
C Quentin LF 5 2 4 2 0 0 0 .289
J Dye RF 5 1 3 3 0 0 2 .302
J Thome DH 4 1 0 0 1 3 3 .224
J Crede 3B 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 .267
N Swisher 1B 3 1 2 4 1 0 0 .237
J Uribe 2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .215
D Wise CF 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 .308
Team totals: 37 10 14 10 4 7 7  

Individual Batting:
Doubles: C Quentin (13), J Dye (18), O Cabrera (14), N Swisher (14)
Home runs: N Swisher (9, 3rd inning off R Dempster with 3 on, 1 outs)
RBI: C Quentin 2 (59), A Pierzynski (30), J Dye 3 (47), N Swisher 4 (32)
Grounded into double play: J Dye (1)
Left in scoring position: J Uribe (1), J Thome (2), J Dye (1)

Team Batting:
Left on base: 7
Left in scoring position: 4
Hits with runners in scoring position: 10 at-bats, 6 hits

Base Running:
Stolen bases: J Dye (2)

Fielding:
Double plays: 2: (#1: J Crede, J Uribe, N Swisher), (#2: J Crede, J Uribe, N Swisher)

Pitching
Chicago Cubs
Name IP H R ER BB SO ERA
R Dempster (L, 9-3) 2.1 7 8 8 3 1 3.26
J Lieber 3.1 4 1 1 1 3 3.02
N Cotts 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 3.60
M Wuertz 1 2 1 1 0 1 2.80

Pitching
Chicago White Sox
Name IP H R ER BB SO ERA
J Contreras (W, 7-6) 6 7 3 3 2 3 3.99
B Logan 1 1 0 0 0 1 2.28
O Dotel 1 1 0 0 0 1 3.19
N Masset 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.24

Individual Pitching
Chicago Cubs
Name Batters Faced Pitches Strikes Ground Balls Fly Balls
R Dempster 16 71 40 3 5
J Lieber 15 53 32 1 5
N Cotts 5 24 15 1 2
M Wuertz 5 17 13 2 2

Chicago White Sox
Name Batters Faced Pitches Strikes Ground Balls Fly Balls
J Contreras 25 100 56 8 8
B Logan 4 22 17 2 0
O Dotel 4 13 8 2 1
N Masset 4 13 8 0 2

Officials
Umpires
Name  Position
Mark Wegner HP
Jeff Kellogg 1B
Rob Drake 2B
Chad Fairchild 3B

Game Highlights
Interleague Chicago Cubs at Chicago White Sox White Sox Carlos Quentin has 4 hits.

Play-By-Play
Top of the 1st
Hit: Fukudome hits a single to CF.   0 out.
Out: Patterson flies out to 3B.  K Fukudome holds on first.  1 out.
Out: Lee hits into double play. 3 outs.
Bottom of the 1st
Hit: Cabrera hits a single to CF.   0 out.
Out: Pierzynski flies out to LF.  O Cabrera to second.  1 out.
Run scored: 1 run, single by Carlos Quentin. Orlando Cabrera scores from 2nd.
Out: Dye hits into double play. 3 outs.
Top of the 2nd
Out: Ramirez strikes out. 1 out.
Hit: Ward hits a single to CF.   1 out.
Out: Edmonds hits a fielders-choice to 2B.   D Ward out.  2 outs.
Out: Soto strikes out. 3 outs.
Bottom of the 2nd
Out: Thome strikes out. 1 out.
Out: Crede grounds out to SS. 2 outs.
Play: Swisher walks. 2 outs.
Out: Uribe flies out to CF. 3 outs.
Top of the 3rd
Out: Fontenot flies out to RF. 1 out.
Hit: Cedeno hits a single to CF.   1 out.
Play: Fukudome walks. R Cedeno to second.  1 out.
Play: Patterson walks. K Fukudome to second.  R Cedeno to third.  1 out.
Out: Lee hits into double play. 3 outs.
Bottom of the 3rd
Out: Wise flies out to RF. 1 out.
Hit: Cabrera hits a double to LF.   1 out.
Run scored: 1 run, single by A.J. Pierzynski. Orlando Cabrera scores from 2nd.
Play: - error.  A Pierzynski to third.  1 out.
Run scored: 1 run, double by Carlos Quentin. A.J. Pierzynski scores from 3rd.
Run scored: 1 run, single by Jermaine Dye. Carlos Quentin scores from 2nd.
Play: Thome walks. J Dye to second.  1 out.
Stolen base: J Dye steals third. 1 out.
Play: Crede walks. J Thome to second.  J Dye holds on third.  1 out.
Run scored: 4 runs, grand slam by Nick Swisher (9). Jermaine Dye scores from 3rd, Jim Thome scores from 2nd, Joe Crede scores from 1st.
Pitching Change: (P) Dempster replaced by (P) Lieber
Out: Uribe strikes out. 2 outs.
Out: Wise strikes out. 3 outs.
Top of the 4th
Out: Ramirez flies out to RF. 1 out.
Out: Ward flies out to 2B. 2 outs.
Out: Edmonds flies out to 3B. 3 outs.
Bottom of the 4th
Play: Cabrera walks. 0 out.
Out: Pierzynski flies out to SS.  O Cabrera holds on first.  1 out.
Out: Quentin grounds out to SS.  O Cabrera to second.  2 outs.
Out: Dye flies out to CF. 3 outs.
Top of the 5th
Run scored: 1 run, home run by Geovany Soto (13).
Run scored: 1 run, home run by Mike Fontenot (4).
Out: Cedeno grounds out to P. 1 out.
Out: Fukudome flies out to SS. 2 outs.
Out: Patterson grounds out to 2B. 3 outs.
Bottom of the 5th
Out: Thome flies out to 1B. 1 out.
Out: Crede flies out to 2B. 2 outs.
Hit: Swisher hits a double to RF.   2 outs.
Out: Uribe flies out to RF. 3 outs.
Top of the 6th
Out: Lee flies out to RF. 1 out.
Out: Ramirez flies out to CF. 2 outs.
Out: Ward strikes out. 3 outs.
Bottom of the 6th
Out: Wise strikes out. 1 out.
Out: Cabrera flies out to 3B. 2 outs.
Hit: Pierzynski hits a single to RF.   2 outs.
Hit: Quentin hits a single to LF.   A Pierzynski to second.  2 outs.
Run scored: 1 run, single by Jermaine Dye. A.J. Pierzynski scores from 2nd.
Pitching Change: (P) Lieber replaced by (P) Cotts
Out: Thome strikes out. 3 outs.
Top of the 7th
Run scored: 1 run, home run by Jim Edmonds (8).
Hit: Soto hits a single to LF.   0 out.
Pitching Change: (P) Contreras replaced by (P) Logan
Offensive Substitution: (2B) Fontenot replaced by (PH) Murton
Out: Murton flies out to CF.  G Soto holds on first.  1 out.
Out: Cedeno grounds out to SS.  G Soto to second.  2 outs.
Hit: Fukudome hits a single to SS.   G Soto to third.  2 outs.
Out: Patterson strikes out. 3 outs.
Bottom of the 7th
Position Change: Patterson moves to 2B
Position Change: Murton moves to LF
Out: Crede flies out to RF. 1 out.
Out: Swisher grounds out to SS. 2 outs.
Hit: Uribe hits a single to CF.   2 outs.
Out: Wise strikes out. 3 outs.
Top of the 8th
Pitching Change: (P) Logan replaced by (P) Dotel
Out: Lee grounds out to SS. 1 out.
Out: Ramirez flies out to CF. 2 outs.
Hit: Ward hits a single to CF.   2 outs.
Out: Edmonds strikes out. 3 outs.
Bottom of the 8th
Pitching Change: (P) Cotts replaced by (P) Wuertz
Out: Cabrera grounds out to SS. 1 out.
Out: Pierzynski flies out to LF. 2 outs.
Hit: Quentin hits a single to CF.   2 outs.
Run scored: 1 run, double by Jermaine Dye. Carlos Quentin scores from 1st.
Out: Thome strikes out. 3 outs.
Top of the 9th
Pitching Change: (P) Dotel replaced by (P) Masset
Hit: Soto hits a single to 3B.   0 out.
Out: Murton flies out to LF.  G Soto holds on first.  1 out.
Out: Cedeno flies out to RF.  G Soto holds on first.  2 outs.
Out: Fukudome flies out to RF. 3 outs.

Swisher's grand slam lifts White Sox to 10-3 win

CHICAGO (AP) -Nick Swisher's first look at Chicago's heated baseball rivalry came last weekend at Wrigley Field, where he enjoyed the frenetic atmosphere but not the results.

Over on the South Side, the experience was much more satisfying.

Swisher hit a grand slam to cap a seven-run third inning and the White Sox finally beat the Cubs 10-3 on Friday.

''The atmosphere with games like these, although you try to put in your mind that it's just another game, it's really not,'' Swisher said.

The Cubs swept the White Sox at Wrigley Field last weekend by a combined score of 22-11. They had won six straight and nine of the previous 10 in the series.

''Just like the Cubs do, they play extremely well at home, and we like to think that we do as well,'' Swisher said of the White Sox's 25-11 mark at U.S. Cellular Field. ''When we're at our home, we feel most confident.''

If eight miles can make a difference across town, so can six days.

White Sox starter Jose Contreras, pounded by the Cubs last Saturday during a nine-run fourth inning, was better this time around. He pitched six-plus innings and allowed seven hits, including three homers - back-to-back shots by Geovany Soto and Mike Fontenot in the fifth and another solo shot to Jim Edmonds in the seventh. His biggest pitch of the game was the one that got Derrek Lee to hit into a double play after the Cubs loaded the bases in the third.

''After an outing is over, a good one or a bad one, I erase it the next day,'' Contreras said through a translator.

Jermaine Dye, who hit the fence while making a leaping catch of Kosuke Fukudome's long drive for the game's final out, finished with three hits and three RBIS. Carlos Quentin was 4-for-5 to pace a 14-hit attack.

After being swept by the Cubs last weekend, the White Sox made a quick trip to the West Coast and won two of three from the Dodgers before heading back home.

''You have to take care of business at home. I think guys are more comfortable whether it's sleeping in their beds, home-cooked meals or just being able to step in that batter's box and feel good with the surroundings,'' Dye said.

For the second straight series, both teams entered in first place, although the White Sox's lead in the AL Central entering Friday had been chopped to one-half game over the Twins.

''I just want to win because I'm tired of fans calling me names. I don't know why the Sox fans hate me because we lost to the Cubs. I got some letters that are unbelievable, ridiculous,'' White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen said before the game.

''If I wrote that letter to anybody, they would throw me right out of this country.''

The third was the biggest offensive inning of the season for the White Sox. In addition to Swisher's grand slam, it also featured a two-base error on Cubs' left fielder Eric Patterson, who spent most of the season in Triple-A playing second base. The White Sox made sure they tested his arm Friday.

''No excuse. When you make mistakes, learn from it and hopefully you don't make them again,'' Patterson said.

He won't have a chance Saturday.

''We'll get somebody else out there,'' Cubs manager Lou Piniella said. ''It had nothing to do with his arm. ...We'll make some changes and go from there.''

Orlando Cabrera hit a one-out double to start the third by racing to second to beat Patterson's throw. A.J. Pierzynski then dumped a single to left and as Patterson raced in to field the ball, he overran it and it got behind him for a two-base error.

Quentin hit an RBI double to right and scored on Dye's RBI single to left. After Jim Thome walked, Dye stole third on a close play prompting an argument from Piniella. Joe Crede then walked to load the bases before Swisher homered into the seats in left center for an 8-0 lead.

Cabrera singled to start the bottom of the first and when Pierzynski hit a fly to Patterson in left, he tagged up and hustled into second. Cabrera raced home on Quentin's single to center, using a hard slide into Soto to beat Edmonds' throw.

Former closer Dempster (9-3), who is 9-0 at home but 0-3 on the road, lasted only 2 1-3 innings, giving up seven hits and eight runs in shortest outing since joining the rotation this season.

''You're one pitch from getting out of it with the bases loaded. I was 1-2 on Nick and I made a mistake,'' Dempster. ''If I get that pitch where I needed to get it, maybe that's a different result. Unfortunately they don't have do-overs and you can't get mulligans in baseball.''

Notes: Derrick Rose, the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft by his hometown Chicago Bulls, threw out the first pitch. ... White Sox 2B Alexei Ramirez was a late scratch from the lineup to be with his wife, who is pregnant. He was replaced by Juan Uribe. ...White Sox pitching coach Don Cooper was hobbling Friday. He hurt his hamstring Thursday when he slammed a pitch clicker in the dugout and slipped on the steps after being ejected for arguing balls and strikes at Dodger Stadium.