Morning Box Score

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Sep 5, 2009 3:30PM

ChiSox Club BoSox
Break up the Pale Hose! The White Sox have rebounded from an awful road trip and now won three straight after last night's 12-2 clubbing of Boston. Mark Kotsay got the offense started for the ChiSox with a two-run homer in the second inning, but the main offensive explosion came in the third and fourth innings when the ChiSox scored five runs in each inning. Those runs came off of a lot of singles by the ChiSox offense. Kotsay had 3 RBIs as did Alexei Ramirez and Chris Getz had an excellent night at the plate with a four for five night and 2 RBIs. Oh, and Freddy Garcia was sharp on the mound, allowing only one run and striking out five over six innings. The victory was also victory number 500 for Ozzie Guillen as the White Sox manager. Game two of the weekend series gets underway at 3:05 on FOX.

Mets Rally Past Cubs
The Cubs bullpen wasted a great start from Carlos Zambrano (one run, seven K's, six innings) as the Mets rallied for five eighth inning runs to beat the Cubs 6-2. Down 1-0 in the eight, the Cubs knotted the game at 1-1 when Jeff Baker singled home Milton Bradley. But it all came unraveled in the eighth. Relievers Kevin Gregg and John Grabow were credited with giving up the five runs in the eighth with all five runs being recorded before the Cubs got a single out. A run off an error in the top of the ninth was far too little for the Cubs to catch up. But, hey, at least Bobby "Digital" Scales is back for the September call up. Right? The teams battle again at 12:10 p.m. today on CSN.