Morning Box Score

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Sep 29, 2010 1:15PM

Sox Rally Past Boston
The Battle of the Sox took a turn for the dramatic at U.S. Cellular Field last night as the White Sox rallied past the Red Sox for a 5-4 walk off win. The lost was extra hard on the Red Sox as before the game even finished other action officially eliminated them from playoff contention. The BoSox took an early 3-0 lead but Carlos Quentin's two-run homer in the fourth brought the Pale House to within 3-2. After a David Ortiz homer extended Boston's lead in the sixth, the White Sox scored in the seventh and eighth innings to tie it up at 4-4. That's when Juan Pierre came through for the Sox, singling to get on base and, with two outs, stealing both second and third base before pinch-hitter Dayan Viciedo delivered the game-winning single. Edwin Jackson gave up all the Red Sox' runs over seven innings, striking out six but it was Chris Sale getting the win with two innings of relief work. With the series tied 1-1, the White Sox try to take an edge later tonight (7:10 p.m., WCIU).

Cubs Down Padres
The Cubs have been playing some pretty decent baseball since Mike Quade took over for the retiring Lou Piniella and the team began giving its youngsters more time on the field. We can't help but feel at least a little optimistic about next year. And the Cubs kept the good ball going last night, beating up San Diego 5-2. With the score tied 2-2 after five innings, Alfonso Soriano hit a pair of homers - a two-run shot in the sixth and a solo shot in the eighth - to help pace the Cubs past the Padres. On the hill, Ryan Dempster gave up a pair of runs over seven innings of work and struck out nine, good enough to earn his 15th win of the year while Carlos Marmol pitched a much less dramatic ninth inning this time to earn his 36th save of the year. The team is now 21-11 under Quade and hoping to add to that total when they look to keep playing spoiler for the Padres, in the Wild Card hunt, later tonight (9:05 p.m., CSN).