Morning Box Score: Cubs Beat Pirates, Manny Being Manny

By Staff in News on Sep 2, 2010 3:00PM

Before we get to the Cubs score we wanted to show the first press conference Manny Ramirez held as a member of the White Sox, which he held with bench coach Joey Cora translating his Spanish answers. Ramirez speaks English as well as Sammy Sosa, when Sosa isn't testifying before Congress. This is what "Manny being Manny" is all about, and it's going to be an interesting September on the South Side.

Cubs 5, Pirates 3:: Rookie Thomas Diamond picked up his first major league win in relief of the injured Tom Gorzelanny, and Kosuke Fukudome went 3-for-3 with two doubles, an RBI and two runs scored to pace the Cubs over the Pirates at Wrigley Field. Carlos Marmol worked his way out of a bases-loaded jam to earn his 25th save.

Both the Cubs and White Sox have today off. The Sox travel to Boston for a three-game series with the Red Sox that has wild card implications. The Cubs host the Mets Friday afternoon