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This was one of those games where the Smokies' offense came out swinging, which made things much easier for Erian Rodriguez and the entire pitching staff. ..... That run came on a Luis Pena first-inning single as the Cubs found themselves in a quick 1-0 hole. ..... Those were the only runs Manuel Rodriguez would allow as the right-hander pitched into the seventh, striking out eight in the victory.

Luis Lara capped off what was a massive inning with a two-run single, and suddenly it was all Shuckers 8-1. ..... Erian Rodriguez has emerged as the new ace of the Cubs staff as he improved to 5-4 on the season. Rodriguez walked two and struck out five across six innings, allowing two runs to lower his ERA to 3.05.

Already with a massive week under his belt, Luis Leon kept that trend alive as he opened up the scoring with a solo shot to put the Cubs in front 1-0 in the first. ..... Four of those RBIs came from Jose Rodriguez, who had added a three-run shot as part of his massive day. ..... A Juan Tomas double followed that single to pull the Cubs within one, only to have the Luis Santos groundout tie things back up, as this was going to come down to the final inning.

A Luis Leon homer in the third put DSL Red on the board, only to have the Erasmi Rodriguez double in the fifth pushed the White Sox lead back to 5-1.

That was followed by the Athanael Duarte single to make things 2-0, with Luis Rodriguez doubling the lead with another single to put the Angels in front 4-0. ..... Following a sacrifice fly and a bases-loaded hit by pitch that brought home two more runs, Luis Leon had the biggest hit in the inning as his bases-clearing double broke the game wide open 7-0. ..... Already with one RBI double to his name, Leon tied things up in the fifth with another double, while the Luis Maldonado single put the Cubs back in front 11-10 entering the eighth.