It was on this date in 2008 that
the Chicago Cubs became only the second team in Major League history to win
10,000 games, joining the New York/San Francisco Giants. The game was played
against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field in Denver before 36,864 and wasn’t
decided until the tenth inning.
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| Cubs' first baseman Derrek Lee |
The Cubs scored two runs in the
second on a two-run home run by catcher Geovany Soto and then added another in
the fifth when third baseman Aramis Ramirez doubled to score first baseman
Derrek Lee. But the 3-0 lead was quickly erased in the bottom of the sixth when
the Rockies scored five. Clint Barmes hit a solo home run to lead off the
inning. A couple of batters later, third baseman Garrett Atkins doubled in a
run. And one out later, shortstop Troy Tulowitzki hit a three-run homer to give
the Rockies a 5-3 lead.
The Cubs cut the lead to one on
an RBI single by Lee in the seventh, then took the lead in the ninth on a
two-run shot by Ramirez. The Cubs’ bullpen couldn’t hold the lead in the bottom
of the ninth, when centre-fielder Ryan Spillborghs tripled in a run to tie the
game at six.
Chicago scored the go-ahead run
in the tenth on an two-out RBI single by Ryan Theriot and the Rockies went
one-two-three in the bottom half of the inning to give the Cubs win number
10,000.
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