Morning Box Score

Cubs Fell Giants
It wasn’t quite David versus Goliath, but the 5’11”, 175 lb Ryan Theriot helped the Cubs cut down the San Francisco Giants 4-2 on Monday with another big swing of the bat. Theriot’s two-run blast in the second—his third homer in four games—ultimately gave Chicago the winning run. Geovany Soto picked up an RBI with a first-inning walk, and Reed Johnson salvaged an 0-for-3 night by tacking on a sacrifice fly in the fifth. On the flip side of their four-run lead, pitcher Ryan Dempster went seven innings deep en route to his third quality start of the season. Dempster allowed only two hits in five scoreless frames before hitting a bump in the sixth. After surrendering the two San Francisco runs, Dempster rebounded to pitch the seventh and then turned the ball over to Carlos Marmol and Kevin Gregg, who finished the job for Chicago. The Cubs will try for a sweep of the two-game series at 1:20 this afternoon.

Royals, Greinke Blank Sox
The White Sox drew Royals ace Zack Greinke in their series opener against Kansas City Monday night, and that sums up the story of their 3-0 loss. Greinke—who improved to 6-0 with a 0.40 ERA this season—pitched a complete-game, six-hit shutout while striking out 10 and walking no one. His performance overshadowed the efforts of the Sox pitching staff, which got five innings of three-run baseball from Bartolo Colon and three clean frames of relief from Clayton Richard. At the plate, A.J. Pierzynski and Scott Podsednik had two hits apiece for Chicago, but Podsednik also grounded into a double play that killed a potential eighth-inning rally. The Sox hope for a more forgiving matchup when they face Kyle Davies tonight at 7:10.