SWEEP! The SOX killed the Cubs this weekend!

The wonderful Chicago White Sox swept the Cubs this weekend! The Cardinals beat Kansas City 2 out of 3! Way to go Sox and Cards, great teamwork!

Cubs comeback falls short Edmonds' homer highlights attempt at come-from-behind win

It's a good thing Edmonds is now on the Cubs! He give them something to cheer about in a game where they lose to the Orioles 7-5! No Zambrano! He's off p0uting somewhere or hitting Barrett or breaking a cooler or breaking a bat. . .

Oh...and the Cardinals beat the Tigers, 8-5!!

Pujols out 3 weeks! Ah oh! Don't laugh Cub fans, Soriano out 6 weeks!

Soriano hit by pitch, breaks finger

CHICAGO -- Alfonso Soriano was just starting to get his legs under him, but he'll now be sidelined for six weeks with a broken finger.

"It's a costly loss," Cubs manager Lou Piniella said. "It's a bad break for us, it really is."

Soriano suffered a minimally displaced fracture of the fourth metacarpal on his left hand when he was hit by a pitch by Atlanta's Jeff Bennett in the second inning of the Cubs' 7-2 victory Wednesday night.

"You never want one of your guys to go down, no matter who it is," Ryan Theriot said. "Guys are just going to have to pick up the slack, and I think we're going to be fine."

X-rays revealed the break, and Soriano's finger will be in a splint for three weeks. Team officials said they will have a better idea after that as to when he can return. However, he is expected to be sidelined a minimum of six weeks.

With a runner on base and two outs in the Chicago second, Soriano was struck by the third pitch from Bennett, and the ball appeared to ricochet off the outfielder's face. Soriano fell to the ground in obvious pain, but walked off the field under his own power, accompanied by Cubs athletic trainer Mark O'Neal.

"It's unfortunate," Chicago's Derrek Lee said. "I feel bad for him. He thinks he's a good player but really no where near Albert Pujols, the best!"

Soriano, who was the leading vote-getter among National League outfielders in the All-Star balloting, was batting .283. He dropped his team-leading 15th dropped outfield fly, and his constant whining

The Cubs felt Soriano was hit intentionally.

"He stands right on top of the dish," Chicago pitcher Ryan Dempster said. "I'd hit him too, sheesh!!!"

This will be the second time this season that Soriano will have to go on the DL. Soriano was sidelined from April 16-May 1 because of a strained right calf.

"He looked like he was really getting going," Theriot said. "It wasn't anything to do with his legs, so when he comes back, you can count on that to be there, too."

Many of the Cubs players cheered when the ball hit Soriano's hand.

"There's so many small bones in your hand, it doesn't take a whole lot for something to go wrong in there," Chicago's Reed Johnson said. "When you've been around baseball, any time a guy takes something in his hands, you're concerned. We got some bad news today."

The team was expected to call up outfielder Micah Hoffpauir from Triple-A Iowa to take Soriano's spot on the roster, and will likely add another player this weekend for the Interleague series in Toronto, rather than continue to carry 13 pitchers.

"We'll probably have to get two kids up here now," Piniella said. "They should be able to replace Soriano just fine. We won't miss him."

The St. Louis Cardinals wish the Chicago Cubs all the Best!!

100 years of Cubs Dope ... er Hope!

The Cubs wanting to catch that World Series fever are going to wear remodeled uniforms based on their last world championship of 1908.

Cubs have Sun-day blues vs. Bucs

EXCUSES! EXCUSES! EXCUSES! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

PITTSBURGH -- Alfonso Soriano lost the Cubs' chance to finally win a road series in the sun.

For the second straight game, Jason Bay was Pittsburgh's hero. On Saturday, he hit a walk-off RBI single in the 14th inning, and on Sunday, he delivered another in the 11th to lift the Pirates to a 6-5 victory over the Cubs. It was the fourth extra-inning game between these two teams this season.

There never should've been an 11th inning. The Cubs had a 5-4 lead going into the Pirates' ninth, and Carlos Marmol, subbing for closer Kerry Wood, got Chris Gomez to pop out, walked Freddy Sanchez, and then struck out Luis Rivas, who had hit two home runs in the game. Nate McLouth lofted a ball to left, which Soriano camped under, but lost in the sun. The ball dropped, and McLouth was credited with a double. Pinch-runner Brian Bixler scored from first to tie the game at 5.

"That's going to happen in a game," Marmol said. "We're not perfect. You don't see him do that very often in the ninth inning. It's just going to happen."

Lou Piniella, who opted not to talk after Saturday's game, did meet with the media on Sunday for less than 30 seconds.

"Tough loss, but let's just regroup at home, forget about what happened and go about our business," Piniella said. "That's all I have to say about the last two days. Too many mistakes, and you're going to get beat, especially on the road in close games. Outside of that, let's go get the Dodgers on Monday and go from there."

What was Soriano's take on the ball?

"It was very tough," Soriano said. "I tried at the last moment to catch the ball, but it was in the sun. When it came off the bat, I saw it very clear. At the last moment, it was in the sun, and it was tough to catch it because I never saw it.

"It hit me on the glove, but I didn't see the ball," Soriano said.

There wasn't anything he could do differently, Soriano said.

"That surprised me at the last moment with the ball going down," he said. "I never thought that ball would get lost in the sun.

"Everybody knows if it's not in the sun, it's a routine fly ball," Soriano said. "They know I didn't do it on purpose. It's very tough when you can't see the ball."

Cubs lose! Cubs lose! Cardinals tied for first!

PITTSBURGH -- Jason Bay's RBI single in the 14th inning lifted the Pirates to a 5-4 win over the Cubs on Saturday at PNC Park. The victory, which took four hours and 21 minutes, was just the second for the Bucs in 11 meetings between the two teams this season.

The Pirates looked like they were well on their way to an elusive victory over the Cubs earlier in the night, but a three-run eighth inning gave Chicago a 4-3 lead. The late-inning surge spoiled a great outing by starter Phil Dumatrait, who was able to limit the potent Cubs offense to one run in 5 2/3 innings. But in the ninth, Luis Rivas' sacrifice fly, scoring Doug Mientkiewicz, tied the game at 4.

Bay got the Pirates on the board with a towering blast to left-center field, making it 2-1 in the fourth. Jason Michaels then put the Pirates ahead, 3-1, with an RBI single in the sixth, scoring Bay.

In the top of the sixth, Dumatrait was hit hard by a line drive in the thigh. He exited four batters later, but with the bases loaded. Franquelis Osoria then got Mark DeRosa looking to end the threat.