CHICAGO -- For five innings the Chicago Cubs were on track to be an integral part of some history, and not in a good way. Then, as has happened so often this season, the offense exploded just in time.
Unsung Chicago White Sox starter Anthony Ranaudo, a breaking ball pitcher who entered the game with 28 career strikeouts to his credit, along with 32 career walks, baffled the Cubs through five no-hit frames, with no ball was particularly well struck. But young as they are, the Cubs don't panic about such things and outlasted the White Sox in what became an 8-1 rout.