Morning Box Score

By Matt Motyka in News on Apr 27, 2009 3:40PM

Cubs Trump Cards
The Chicago Cubs topped the St. Louis Cardinals 10-3 on Sunday, avoiding the sweep and snapping a four-game losing streak. Kosuke Fukudome, Derrek Lee and Mike Fontenot each drove in a run in the top of the first to spot starter Rich Harden a 3-0 advantage. Harden held the Cards to four hits over six strong innings, with two of the hits being solo home runs. Birthday boy Kosuke Fukudome stole the show on the offensive side, going 3-for-4 with a walk and and a three-run homer, ultimately plating five runs for the Cubs. Derrek Lee's day was cut short in the second inning when he was lifted with neck spasms, but substitute Micah Hoffpauir performed well in his stead, collecting two hits, a home run, a base-on-balls and two RBIs. Lee, like the injured Aramis Ramirez and Carlos Marmol, is listed as day-to-day. The Cubs will look to hang tough tonight in their first of three games versus the Diamondbacks, as they await the return of their ailing talent.

Blue Jays Foil Sox
Unlike the previous two barn-burners against the Toronto Blue Jays, the Chicago White Sox lost last night by a score of 4-3. Jose Contreras went tip for tap with Jays starter Roy Halladay, both allowing three runs on eight hits over seven innings. The difference came in the eighth inning, when reliever Scott Linebrink gave up a double, a walk and an RBI single before recording an out. Linebrink managed to stop the bleeding and got out of further trouble, but the damage had been done. At the plate for Chicago, Josh Fields brought home a run in the first and Paul Konerko supplied two more in the third with a two-out double that temporarily gave the Sox the lead. Brent Lillibridge went 1-for-4 in place of the sidelined Chris Getz, who's bruised hand from Saturday's warmups turned out to be a fractured finger tip. The injury is still being treated as minor and Getz remains day-to-day. The Sox stay put to host the Seattle Mariners, who currently sit atop the A.L. West.