Morning Wood

Chicago White Sox 6 Los Angeles Angels 1

You may remember a few weeks ago when Ozzie Guillen had that little rant in Toronto towards the fans and media of Chicago. In between the f-bombs, Ozzie criticized fans for telling him that he should jumble the lineup. We were basically assholes for this.

Well, Ozzie finally made some big changes to the lineup last night, and whaddya know! It worked! A.J. Pierzynski moved up to second in the lineup, Carlos Quentin hit third, and Jim Thome and Paul Konerko were both moved down to fifth and sixth respectively.

The lineup change worked perfectly in the 8th inning, as Juan Uribe led the inning off with a single, Orlando Cabrera singled behind him, A.J. was intentionally walked to load the bases, and Carlos Quentin emptied them with a grand slam. See what happens when you put all the guys that actually are hitting next to each other in a lineup?

"You hit where you hit and you move on. I mean, you can't really try to overthink it," Pierzynski said. "The two hole is probably the highest I've ever hit. It's something different. Ozzie shook it up and it worked, so I'm sure we'll probably have the same one tomorrow."

As for Quentin, he's awesome. He now leads the American League in home runs (10) and RBI (34). Everytime he does something good, I feel bad for the way I spent all offseason ripping on him.

Chicago Cubs 8 San Diego Padres 5

Both Ted Lilly and Alfonso Soriano are heating up for the Cubs. Soriano homered again last night, leading off the game for the second straight night with a homer, and Ted Lilly struck out eleven Padres to pick up his third straight win.

It's the second start in a row for Lilly in which he got his strikeout total into double digits, the first time the soft-tossing lefty has done that in his career.

"I don't think I just stand out there and try to throw fastballs by guys," said Lilly. "I have to mix my pitches and change speeds and locate the ball and things like that. And at times, when I got my curveball going, I'm going to get some strikeouts on it. But I'm not going to say I'm a power pitcher."

The Cubs took it to Jake Peavy, knocking him out after only four innings, and putting things away in the fifth inning on a two-run blast from Geovany Soto.

AL

• Mariners 4 Rangers 3
• Orioles 6 Red Sox 3
• Indians 2 A's 1
• Yankees 2 Rays 1
• Royals 2 Tigers 0
• Jays 6 Twins 5

NL

• Braves 8 Phillies 6
• Reds 7 Marlins 6
• Nats 5 Mets 3
• Dodgers 6 Brewers 4
• Cardinals 5 Pirates 1
• DBacks 4 Rockies 3
• Astros 6 Giants 3