Aramis Ramirez played hero as the Cubs returned home off the heels of their first three game losing streak of the year, belting a pair of home runs. The first in the bottom of the seventh tied the game at 3 and the second, a walk-off in the bottom of the ninth, sent the Wrigley faithful home happy.
The Cubs took the lead in the first inning when Derrek Lee followed a pair of singles by Kosuke Fukudome and Ryan Theroit with a double play ball driving home a run. Jermaine Dye the White Sox right fielder tied the game in the second with a solo home run. The White Sox then took the lead when Cub killer A.J. Pierzynski hit a two run homer making the score 3-1. Pitching and defense were the story until the bottom of the seventh when Lee and Ramirez went back-to-back off of Octavio Dotel to tie the game. Ramirez then came to the plate to lead off the ninth and sent a Scott Linebrink offering over the center field wall to end the game.
Kerry Wood pitched the ninth for the Cubs to get the win; and with his strike out of Pierzynski to end the inning moved into third place all-time for K’s in Cub history. Wood moved passed Rick Reuchel’s 1367 strike outs, and now sits 64 K’s behind Charlie Root for second all time. Fergie Jenkins is the Cubs’ all-time leader with 2038 or 670 ahead of Wood.
June 20, 2008 at 5:44 pm
Great walk off win by the Cubs today hopefully we can sweep these Sox out of town!!!
June 23, 2008 at 11:34 am
The Cubs are on a roll with hot-hitting Ramirez leading the way! Good to see them get the sweep against the Chi Sox.
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