Something good seems to happen more often than not when Wood starts and Sosa takes his glove to the outfield and his bat to the plate. Wood started again Sunday. In the 52 games he's started, Sosa has hit 24 home runs. He and fellow starter Jon Lieber are the only Cubs starters without a victory. Jason Bere, Julian Tavarez and Kevin Tapani each have two wins.
Different guys pick up somebody else.
And that's what this team is all about right now. With one out in the seventh Bill Mueller singled to right and pinch hitter Gary Matthews Jr. walked. Sosa then connected. But in those kinds of situations, I'm going to prepare myself to come through. This time I got lucky.