Cubs Close 2009 Cactus League Season with 9th Inning Win

Andres Blanco looped a single over the third-baseman's head to score Reed Johnson from second with one out in the bottom of the 9th, as the Cubs squandered an early 7-1 lead only to come back and defeat the Cleveland Indians 9-8 before a sparse crowd on Spring Training "getaway day" at Ho Ho Kam Park this afternoon in Mesa.   box score Ryan Dempster got the start for the Cubs, his last one in preparation for his first scheduled start of the "Championship Season" Tuesday night in Houston. Demp worked four innings (63 pitches - 43 strikes, 4/1 GO/FO), and had a good outing. He did allow two home runs (a solo shot to Korean slugger Shin-Soo Choo after striking out the first two hitters in the top of the 1st, and a two-run blast to PH Andy Marte with no outs in the top of the 3rd) and three doubles (one a "hustle" double by Trevor Crowe, who caught CF Kosuke Fukudome napping), but otherwise he didn't walk anybody, while racking up...