Despite the fact that Sabathia took the mound for the Brewers, Soriano starting the game with a hit yet again. A double off the wall (did he come out of the box a tad slow? maybe....) put Soriano in place to score a run in the first. He did just that when Lee, heating up at the right time, doubled Soriano in. Ramirez notched two RBIs in the third off Sabathia on a double that scored The Riot and Lee, who had both singled. Soriano added a big homer in the Seventh. Ramirez scored the eventual winning run by leading off the eighth with a double and coming in on a Blanco single.
Dempster got the win and posted a good line with 7 innings, 2 hits, 2 earned runs, 9 strike outs and one walk. Somehow it felt more intense. Probably due to the starters' stellar performances the last two game, but also due to Dempster having some minor hiccups to work through. Fielder, a killer for these Cubs, did a lot of damage with 3 RBI, 3 hits and 2 runs. He bombed a massive 2-run homer in the sixth and a solo shot in the eighth off of Marmol. Wood got the save, but not before giving up a run and putting the tying run on third with 2-out and Fielder at the plate. Wood threw a barrage of fastballs (7 straight) before dropping a slider on a 3-2 count to punch Fielder out. Wood called the pitch a "slurvy slider". Whatever you call it, it froze Fielder and brought on the end-game cheering at Wrigley.
Magic Number: Division - 4; Wild Card - 5 (Mets)
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