The Cubs claimed a rain-shortened victory Wednesday night, winning behind: Ted Lilly, who pitched into the seventh inning and improved to 5-2; Alfonso Soriano, who hit his 53rd career leadoff home run; Geovany Soto, who hit his first homer of the season after 96 plate appearances; and George Herman Theriot, who banged out two home runs and now has five in the month of May. (He had seven career homers in 380 games heading into this month.)
The Cubs, now a season-high five games above .500, will go for the sweep Thursday afternoon, when Ryan Dempster (2-2, 4.98) squares off with former Cub Chad Gaudin (0-2, 4.08).
Dempster, by the way, was cleared of head-hunting charges by Major League Baseball, which determined that Dempster had not thrown at the head of Ryan Braun last Saturday at Miller Park, as the Brewers had claimed.
No closure yet on Milton Bradley's appeal to MLB, however. As Paul Sullivan points out in the Tribune, Thursday is the four-week anniversary o...
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