Morning Box Score

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Sep 28, 2009 3:40PM

White Sox Tame Tigers
It was a roller coaster weekend for the Sox but they came away winners over Detroit Sunday 8-4 and took two of three from the Tigers as the team closed out the home part of its 2009 schedule. Rookie Daniel Hudson, making his second career start, got his first Big League win, pitching six strong innings. Carlos Quentin was the offensive star for the Sox, driving in four runs including an RBI double in the second and a key three-run homer in the eighth. Podsednik, Kotsay, Beckham, and Dye all contributed RBIs in the winning effort as well. Matt Thornton struggled for the Sox bullpen, giving up two runs in the ninth, but eventually shut the door to clinch the victory. The Sox head over to Cleveland for a three-game series starting tonight at 6:05 p.m. (WCIU).

Cubs Fall Short Of San Fran Sweep
The Giants knocked around rookie pitcher Randy Wells as they beat the Cubs 5-1 and prevented a sweep at the hands of Chicago. Wells gave up all five runs on 10 hits over 5.1 innings pitched and the Cubs' bats were pretty quiet in giving him any run support. A Bobby Scales RBI triple in the ninth provided the only offense for Chicago. Still, as the Cubs "elimination number" for the Wild Card hits one, the focus is already on 2010. Sweet Lou has already indicated a rotation of Wells, Ted Lilly, Ryan Dempster, Carlos Zambrano and Tom Gorzelanny for next year with Jeff Samardzija also in the running for a spot. The Cubs have today off to travel before hosting Pittsburgh at Wrigley tomorrow night.