Morning Box Score

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Aug 30, 2009 3:30PM

Cubs Slam Mets
Showing an offensive firepower the team has lacked most of the season, the Cubs exploded for 11 runs to take game two of their series with the Mets, 11-4. Starter Ryan Dempster allowed two runs in the first, but the Cubs scored a run in the second and two in the third. The Mets took two more from Dempster in the fourth to take a 4-3 lead, but it all came to a screeching halt in the bottom of the fifth when the Cubs exploded for six runs, four of which came on rookie Jake Fox's first career grand slam. With 10 homers, 39 RBI, and a .300 batting average in just 61 games, we have no idea why Fox isn't starting over any of the Cubs' overpaid outfielders on a regular basis. Dempster pitched six innings and striking out seven while giving up the four runs. Bradley, Ramirez, Fontenot, and Hill all joined Fox in knocking in runs. The final game of the series starts at 1:20 pm (WGN).

Yanks Roll Over Sox
It was another horrendous outing for Jose Contreras and the White Sox offense failed to get anything going on their way to a 10-0 drubbing by the Yankees. Contreras gave up eight runs before being pulled after 3.1 innings and the Sox offense did little to help, a Jim Thome double in the fifth the only hit for the Pale Hose all day. In fact, the Sox had more errors (3) than hits (1), a fact not lost on manager Ozzie Guillen, who said after the game, "I'm embarrassed, and everybody in that room should be embarrassed. If they're not embarrassed, they got the wrong job, or they're stealing money from baseball. I feel like I'm stealing the money from [White Sox chairman] Jerry [Reinsdorf], and that's a shame." The two teams tangle again at 12:05 (CSN).