Complex sentence: In the bottom of the first, the Cubs put two runs on the board thanks to Randall Simon's two-run single, but no one would be able to score off Maddux or Prior again until the eighth inning.
Split into simpler sentences: In the bottom of the first, the Cubs put two runs on the board thanks to Randall Simon's two-run single. But no one would be able to score off Maddux or Prior again until the eighth inning.