Posted at 10:23 a.m., Saturday, September 22, 2007
Baseball: Soriano homers twice as Cubs solidify NL lead
By Rick Gano
Associated Press
The Cubs began the day with a 1 1/2-game lead over Milwaukee, which played later at Atlanta.
Soriano hit a solo shot to tie the game in the second and a two-run blast in the fifth for his team-leading 31st homer. The Cubs' star has four home runs in three games and 13 in the 25 games since he came off the disabled list Aug. 28. He added a two-run double in the seventh.
Aramis Ramirez, who had two homers Friday, added another and Derrek Lee also went deep as the Cubs hit four homers for the second straight game, this time with the wind blowing in at Wrigley Field. The Pirates lost their eighth straight, their longest losing streak of the season.
After hitting only 106 homers in the first five months of the season, the Cubs have connected for 36 in the first three weeks of September.
