Morning Box Score

By Matt Motyka in News on Jun 22, 2009 3:00PM

Cubs Sweep Indians
Randy Wells earned his first Major League win on Sunday as the Cubs defeated the Indians 6-2. Wells, who has the lowest ERA of the Cubs' starters, finally got some run support as he pitched six-plus innings of five-hit, two-run baseball. Following a Geovany Soto homer in the second and a sacrifice fly from Jake Fox in the fourth, Wells helped his own cause with a base hit that lead to a big fifth inning for Chicago. A bases-loaded single from Derrek Lee, and bases-loaded walk to Soto and a bases-loaded double by Fox gave Chicago four runs in the frame and a 6-0 advantage. Lee's RBI knock extended his current hitting streak to 18 games, a span in which the 2007 All-Star is hitting .365. The Cubs look to take their winning streak on the road with an one-night stand in Atlanta this evening before continuing to Detroit for a three-game series that starts on Tuesday.

Sox Take Series
The White Sox took two of three games against Cincinnati with yesterday's 4-1 win. Starter Mark Buehrle churned through seven scoreless innings, permitting only five hits and one walk. Meanwhile, the Sox scored all the runs they would need in the first, thanks to an RBI knock from A.J. Pierzynski and a run-scoring double play ball off the bat of Paul Konerko. Konerko got his ribby with a base hit in the fifth--the 1,000th of his career--and Dewayne Wise drove home one more for good measure in the top of the ninth. The Sox get a day to rest before launching into a six-game home stand that features the L.A. Dodgers and round two of the Crosstown Classic.

AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh