Morning Wood

Chicago White Sox 7 Cleveland Indians 2

Kaboom, bitch. The White Sox did their own little Kobe impression on Wednesday night, falling behind the Indians 2-0, and laying in the weeds. Then in the sixth inning they attacked.

With Orlando Cabrera and Carlos Quentin on base, Jermaine Dye sent a Paul Byrd fastball about 600 feet in the air and 380 feet down the line to give the Sox a 3-2 lead. The Sox then went on to score two more times in the inning.

Of course, Jermaine wasn't done there, as he hit his second homer of the game in the next inning to make it 6-2, and Jim Thome thought it looked like so much fun, he went and hit one of his own.

I don't want to get too far ahead of ourselves, but in the last two games the trio of Dye, Thome, and Paul Konerko have gone 9-for-20 with four homers and six runs driven in. If they start hitting, well, we could have something here.

Houston Astros 5 Chicago Cubs 3

The Cubs got off to a very good start off of Astros starter Shawn Chacon, scoring three runs in the first inning, thanks in large part to a two-run homer by Derrek Lee. Unfortunately for the Cubs, there are nine innings in a game, not just one.

After that first inning, Chacon settled in and the Cubs couldn't get anything going. The Astros would score four runs to take the lead in the third, thanks to a three-run homer by Cubs-killer Carlos Lee, and Houston never looked back.

Sean Gallagher only lasted 4.2 innings and allowed all five Houston runs on eight hits.

"Gallagher's got a nice arm," Cubs manager Lou Piniella said. "He's got a better arm than I thought he had. Today he got ahead of hitters a lot, but he couldn't put them away. Of course that breaking ball to Lee is not so bad. Lee makes $100 million doing those sorts of things."

The road continues to be a struggle for the Cubs, as last night's loss drops them to 9-11 away from Wrigley this season. Compared to 19-8 at home.

AL

• A's 9 Rays 1
• Red Sox 6 Royals 3
• Tigers 9 Mariners 4
• Yankees 8 Orioles 0
• Angels 4 Jays 3
• Rangers 10 Twins 1

NL

• Giants 3 Rockies 2
• Braves 11 Mets 4
• Brewers 4 Pirates 1
• Phillies 12 Nats 2
• Marlins 3 DBacks 1
• Cardinals 11 Padres 3
• Dodgers 5 Reds 2