Morning Box Score

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Sep 7, 2009 3:40PM

Mets Rope Cubs
Second verse, same as the first: the Cubs offense struggled as the Mets edged the Cubs 4-2, wasting another great start by rookie Randy Wells. Wells gave up two runs over six innings and the Cubs were still in striking distance at 2-1 following the seventh inning stretch. Enter Kevin Gregg. Game over. For the day, the Cubs were 0 for 9 with runners in scoring position, and ominous stat if there ever was one. Geovany Soto got a pair of RBIs for the Cubs, but he was the only one who seemed to have any offensive mojo going with two RBI doubles during the game. After the game, a grumpy Lou brushed off the offense by saying, "There's no sense talking about it. Let's talk about the pitching." The Cubs have 27 games left but the Cardinals have a near-insurmountable 11.5 game lead in the NL Central while the Cubs trail Colorado by eight games for the Wild Card. The Cubs are now in Pittsburgh where game one will get underway at 11:35 a.m. (WGN).

BoSox Ease Past ChiSox
The White Sox winning streak came to an end on Sunday as Boston finally got the best of them by a 6-1 score. John Danks gave up three runs over six innings and the lone ChiSox run came on an eight inning homer from catcher Ramon Castro. Octvavio Dotel gave up a three-run homer to Boston's Victor Martinez in the ninth, but it didn't matter as the ChiSox couldn't muster a rally. With 24 games left, the ChiSox now find themselves eight games out of first place in the AL Central and their playoff hopes fading. Danks remained upbeat afterward, saying, "This doesn't help, for sure. But there's enough games left. There's not as many as we would like to have left, but there's enough." The Battle of the Sox concludes today at 1:05 p.m. (CSN).