Sox Take Round One 5-1

Freddy Garcia dominated the Cubs lineup yesterday, going 7 strong innings surrendering 5H, 1R, 0ER, 1BB and had 3 K's. While Freddy was sitting the Cub's hitters down one by one, the Sox offense showed what a balanced attack looks like. 2 of our runs came off of solo shots from Crede and Dye, but the other 3 came from small rallies with clutch hits. It's kind of funny to see the Cub's offense take on the same style the Sox have had in past years, living and dying on the 3 run homer, going from station to station, etc. It didn't work for us, and I highly doubt it will for them.
The only negative yesterday was the news that McCarthy has been called up to the show, which can only mean that El Duque is hurt and will not start on Sunday. I think the Sox are rushing this kid, as before this year he had not pitched above AA, and his numbers this year out of AAA are not impressive, although all 9 of his homers surrendered have been at the bandbox in Charlotte. His numbers from spring training were strong, but spring stats for pitchers are always skewed because hitters are not yet in a rhythm. He's only 21 years old and they're throwing him into the fire of a Sox-Cubs series for his first ML start. I guess we'll see what this kid is made of.
Today Contreras (1-1 3.52) goes up against Zambrano (3-2 4.09). This is the one game that I want more than any because Zambrano erks me like no other sCrUB. After reading some of the quotes from Sox players, it seems they agree with me. Hopefully the Sox come through and rough up Zambrano early to get into the Cubs charitable bullpen.