Jermaine Dye celebrates in the dugout after his homer in the first. (Paul Beaty/AP)
By Scott Merkin / MLB.com
Jim Thome kept the Sox rallying, with a game-tying homer in the fourth and a two-run double in an eighth-inning comeback effort that fell just short. Jose Contreras showed signs of a spectacular start, but his two homers allowed produced all five Cubs runs, and he took the loss.
BATTING 2B: Fox (5, Contreras), Blanco, A (4, Thornton). HR: Fox (2, 4th inning off Contreras,
1 on, 2 out), Soto (7, 7th inning off Contreras, 2 on, 1 out). TB: Fukudome; Lee, D; Fox 7; Soto 5; Blanco, A 2. RBI:
Fox 2 (11), Soto 3 (24). 2-out RBI: Fox 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Fontenot; Fox; Fukudome. Team
RISP: 1-for-6. Team LOB: 6.
BASERUNNING SB: Fukudome (6, 2nd base off Contreras/Castro,
R).
a-Grounded into a double play for Castro, R in the 8th. b-Grounded out for Anderson in the 9th. c-Walked for Beckham in the
9th. 1-Ran for Thome in the 8th.
BATTING 2B: Thome (8, Marmol). HR: Dye (17, 1st inning off Wells, R, 0 on, 2 out), Thome (13,
4th inning off Wells, R, 0 on, 1 out). TB: Podsednik 2; Dye 5; Thome 6; Beckham. RBI: Dye (43), Thome
3 (42). 2-out RBI: Dye. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Konerko. GIDP: Ramirez,
Al; Pierzynski. Team RISP: 2-for-4. Team LOB: 6.
BASERUNNING SB: Podsednik
(11, 2nd base off Wells, R/Soto). CS: Beckham (2, 2nd base by Wells, R/Soto).
