Cubs, Soriano continue mastery of Bucs
CHICAGO — Alfonso Soriano got booed and jeered during a slow start. Now he’s showing again that he can carry a team.
Soriano homered in his first two at-bats, Geovany Soto and Mark DeRosa went deep and the surging Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-4 Friday for their seventh win in eight games.
Soriano connected on the first pitch from Tom Gorzelanny for his third leadoff home run in four games. Soriano launched a three-run shot in the second inning that made it 6-0, giving him five homers this week and eight this season. He has 15 hits in his last 32 at-bats.
‘‘That’s where I want to be,’’ he said. ‘‘I got a big salary. That’s why they signed me. That’s what they expect.’’
Soto capped a three-run first with a solo homer, and DeRosa added one in the sixth inning. Chicago won its 10th straight overall against the Pirates, including 7-0 this year.
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Bay’s three-run shot off the St.
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PITTSBURGH —- Momentum in baseball is usually a function of starting pitching, so perhaps it was no surprise that the Pirates’ six-game losing streak ended Monday afternoon.
They started John Van Benschoten.
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