Morning Box Score

By Matt Motyka in News on May 4, 2009 3:00PM

Cubs Conquer Marlins
The Cubs hosted another fish fry on Sunday afternoon, cookin' up the Florida Marlins 6-4. Derrek Lee hit his second homer in as many games, this one of the four-run variety as he put Chicago up 6-2 in the fifth. Mike Fontenot also connected off the Marlins' Ricky Nolasco in the inning before and Aaron Miles had an RBI double in the second to give the Cubs their first run of the game. The winning pitcher was Carlos Zambrano, allowing two runs on four hits through five innings as he improved to 3-1 on the year. It wasn't a high pitch count or fading stuff that got Big Z lifted, but rather a strained hammy suffered as Zambrano legged-out a base-hit bunt. That hustle play helped to set up Derrek Lee's grand slam later in the inning, but it also may cost Zambrano his next start. Angel Guzman and Carlos Marmol each gave up a run in relief but managed to keep the Marlins at bay, and Kevin Gregg closed the door in the ninth for his third save this season. After winning three consecutive home games to start the month of May, the Cubs welcome San Franciso to town tonight for the first of a two-game series.

Rangers Top Sox
The White Sox dropped their Sunday matchup with the Rangers, 5-1, surrendering the three-game series to the Texas team. Sox starter John Danks was roughed up for 10 hits and five runs in 5.1 innings of work, and his teammates were unable to back him up at the plate as Chicago failed to score against the Rangers' Matt Harrison. The Sox loaded the bases in the fifth with only one out, but Harrison retired Josh Fields and Carlos Quentin to escape the jam. The South Siders finally broke through in the seventh when Jayson Nix brought home Alexei Ramirez on a sacrifice fly, but that was the only offense the the Sox would generate. Nix will again see action on Monday night when he steps in for the injured Josh Fields, who was hit on the hand by a pitch in the first inning but remained in the ballgame. Fields joins Jermaine Dye on the list of the walking wounded, as Dye is also expected to miss the series opener tonight in Kansas City. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05.

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