Morning Box Score

By Matt Motyka in News on May 11, 2009 3:00PM

Cubs Bounce Back Against Brewers
It looked like more of the same in Milwaukee Sunday afternoon when the Brewers took an early 2-0 lead, but the Cubs used a big third inning to prevail 4-2 and prevent the series sweep. Rickie Weeks hit a leadoff homer in the bottom of the first and Jason Kendall tripled home Bill Hall in the second to put Milwaukee in front. Chicago answered with four runs in the third, including a two-run blast from Alfonso Soriano, to turn the tables. With the new-found run support, starter Sean Marshall settled into a grove, allowing only one hit and issuing one walk over the next three innings. Angel Guzman, Carlos Marmol and Kevin Gregg then pitched four scoreless innings of relief, despite a few bumps in the road. Ryan Braun hit a double off Marmol to begin the eighth, and then advanced to third on a balk. Marmol worked his way from a runner on third with nobody out to two outs and bases loaded, before getting Jason Kendall to ground out and end the threat. The Cubs' win was also the first of the season for Marshall, who is now 1-2 in five starts. The Cubs get a day of rest before launching a home series against the Padres on Tuesday.

Rangers Stiffle Sox
The White Sox dropped their second series of the season to the Texas Rangers on Sunday, losing 7-1. The bulk of the damage came in the fifth inning against Bartolo Colon. Colon, who appeared steady through the first four frames, surrendered a home run, two singles and a double, and then walked in a run before getting the hook. Meanwhile, Vincente Padilla was busy sitting down Sox, as he pitched seven innings of one-hit, one-run baseball. The lone offensive sighting in Chicago came when Jermaine Dye scored on a wild pitch in the second inning, which tied the game at 1-1. Hank Blalock tallied the Rangers' first run with a solo shot to right and added another dinger in the seventh off reliever D.J. Carrasco. The loss ended a rain-shortened home stint at 2-2, as the White Sox will now take to the road against the league-worst Cleveland Indians tonight at 6:05.