Cubs rally past White Sox after rain delay

HEY EVERYBODY. WHITE SOX POST GAME LIVE.@# YOUR WHAT? >> THAT IS @#ROCK-BOTTOM TONIGH THEY PLAYED WELL EARLY. >> THEY CAME OUT WITH FIVE. THEY JUST CANNOT CLOSE THE SHOW. WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO CLOSE THE SHOW. >> THEY WILL FIND THAT TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. PAUL DEJONG COULD NOT MAKE THE GROUND BALL @#PLAY. INSTEAD, IT OPENED UP THE DOOR FOR THE TWO RUNS OF THAT SCORED THE GAME. >> USER WITH THE GLOVE AND IT DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH MOMENTUM TO THE BACK. GREAT HUSTLE TO SECOND BASE. BEAT OUT THE THROW. YOU HAVE TO GIVE HIM RESPECT. THAT IS @#HUSTLING. >> HE MADE A COUPLE OF PLAYS IN THE OUTFIELD. THAT BALL CAN @#CATCH YOU. THAT WAS A TOUGH LIFE. >> DO YOU KNOW WHO IS 1120 -- 9027? DO YOU KNOW ANYONE? 1927.@# >> EASY. EASY. I WAS UP HERE. THE LAST 12 GAME LOSING STREAK THEY HAVE HAD IN A SINGLE SEASON WAS 1927, THE YEAR THAT BABE RUTH HAD 60 HOME RUNS. NOW THEY HAVE LOST 12 IN A ROW. TYING THEM WITH @#THAT TEAM. IF THEY LOSE TOMORROW, -- >> WE HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN. IT IS GOOD LUCK FOR THE WHITE SOX. 13. >> DO NOT SAY @#THAT. >> THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE WE BREAK THE STREET. >> I'M TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT. I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWERS. >> THIS IS A GAME THEY SHOULD HAVE WON. >> THREE OUT OF THE @#LAST FOUR THEY SHOULD HAVE WON. >> THEY HAD THE LEAD ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. IN A WAY, DO YOU THINK THE WHITE SOX ARE PLAYING BETTER BASEBALL? TWO I THINK THEY ARE PLAYING BETTER BUT THEY HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO CLOSE THE @#SHOW. >> YOU WILL CONFIDENCE IN THE EIGHTH @#INNING. >> WHEN HE HAD THE HOME RUN, THAT WAS A DIFFERENT ENERGY. >> THREW OUT THE CLUBHOUSE WAS POSITIVE ENERGY. THEY HAD A CHANCE WITH AT HOME LATE. >>@# THAT WAS ELECTRIC. THAT WAS DIFFERENT. I NOTICED THAT. I WATCH THE DECK OUT A LOT. ALL RIGHT. LET'S GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SIXTH. 5-0 AND THEN A 42 MINUTE @#RAIN DELAY. CHRIS FLEXEN CAME BACK OUT. HE WAS DEALING FOR BE FORCED FOUR. AND IN THE BULLPEN GIVES UP A RUN HERE AND THERE. THIS IS PART OF THE PROBLEM. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A BULLPEN THAT CAN CLOSE THINGS DOWN. >>@# IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO AN TEAM IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES. THE STARTERS GIVE YOU FIVE INNINGS. >> THAT IS A TEAM PLAYER RIGHT THERE. CHRISTOPHER MOREL IS @#PLAYING HOT. FOR HIM TO HAVE A BIG HOME RUN, IT ENERGIZES THE WHOLE DUGOUT. LIKE YOU SAW FROM A DISTANCE. THAT IS THE ONE PLAYER THAT HAS AN ELECTRIC START. IT IS CHRISTOPHER MOREL. >> I'M GOING TO REPEAT WHAT YOU SAID EARLIER AND BLAME IT ON @# THE RAIN. IF IT DID NOT COME -- CHRIS FLEXEN WAS AT 63 PITCHES THROUGH FIVE. HE GAVE UP ONE RUN IN THE FIFTH. WE SEE IT. HE GOT UP -- GAVE UP A RUN. BUT IF THE RAIN WASN'T THERE @# >> YOU SOUND LIKE A CUB FAN. >> THE GAME IS FILLED WITH WOULD HAVE'S AND SHOULD HAVE. THE RAIN KILLED OF THE @# MOMENTUM. THEY DESERVED TO WIN. WHAT HAPPENED? THE RAIN HAPPENED AND IT CHANGED AT ALL DYNAMIC. >> EVERYBODY BEAT THE WHITE SOX. WHAT ARE WE DOING? THEY CAME OUT AND RESET AND OPENED A CAN ON US. THAT HAPPENS. I HAVE BEEN @#IN CLUBHOUSES. THEY CAME BACK IN A DIFFERENT SPIRIT. >> WE ALMOST HAD A DIFFERENT OUTCOME. BECAUSE LUIS ROBERT JR. AND MORE THAN EIGHT WEEKS -- HE IS COMING OFF OF A INJURY. HE HIT A HOME RUN. THIS @#WAS HUMONGOUS. ROLL TAPE. HERE IT IS. IS TODD AT FIVE NO LONGER.@# >> HE CAN DO SO MANY THINGS. RUNNING BASIS. IT IS SO EASY. IT IS SO EASY TO HIT IN THE BIG LEAGUES. I'M TELLING YOU, THOSE GUYS AWARE YOU DOWN. @# HE COMES IN THE FIRST NINTH . HE WAS READY TO RETURN. I AM SO HAPPY HE IS HEALTHY. THAT IS THE BIGGEST KEY. IF HE IS HEALTHY, THOSE GUYS AREN'T SUPPLE. >> BY THE WAY, ROBERT HAS FOLLOWED IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF JOSE AND OTHERS WITH @#BIG NUMBERS. SIX HOME RUNS. SEVEN GAMES WITH FOUR DINGERS. AFTER THAT, GAVIN SHEETS IS IN RIGHT FIELD.@# SCORED THE BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH. LEISURE IS ON THE MOUND. WE WILL GET TO IT. BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH. LEISURE IS ON THE MOUND. GIVES UP A WALK AND A GROUND BALL THAT COULD HAVE BEEN A DOUBLE. BUTWAS UNABLE TO MAKE THE PLAY. >> I @#DON'T THINK IT WAS A DOUBLE PLAY BALL. IT WAS EASY TO AVOID. >> HE WAS ON THE HUSTLE. HE IS @#A VETERAN. HE PLAYED A SECOND BASE AND EXTENDED THE INNING. >> THAT MADE IT 7-6. THAT IS THE KIND OF SEASON IT HAS BEEN FOR THE WHITE SOX. NOW WE GO TO THE NINTH WITH ONE OUT. HE DRIVES A BIG @#WALK. AND YOUR PINCH RUNNER DUKE ELLIS, THE GUY HAS SPEED, THAT IS FOR SURE. >> HE HAS ONLY BEEN CAUGHT STEALING ONCE@# IN AA. HE HAS LED THE MINOR LEAGUES AND STOLEN BASES. 26 YEARS OLD. STARTING TO LEARN HOW TO HIT AND PLAY BUT THEN THIS. WHAT HAPPENED? TWO I DON'T KNOW. HE DID NOT THINK ABOUT THEIR BASE AT THAT TIME. IN THE FIRST PITCH, HE WAS READY. HE WOULD'VE HAD THAT @#BASE EAS THE CUBS DID A TREMENDOUS JOB. THEY GOT HIM. >> WHAT A DEFLATING LOSS. IT IS 12 IN A ROW. THEY ARE ALL GOING TOGETHER. THE LAST TIME THEY @#WON, WAS T WEEKS? I HAD TO THINK BACK. WHEN WAS IT? WHO WAS IT? THEY BEAT THE BLEW JAYS TWO WEEKS AGO. I AGREE. THIS DOES NOT MAKE ANYONE FEEL BETTER, BUT THEY ARE PLAYING @# BETTER BASEBALL. THEY HAVE LOST 12 IN A ROW WHICH IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. WHERE IS IT TRENDING? I DON'T KNOW. YOU WANT TO WIN. IS IT A CONSOLATION PRIZE OR DOES IT NOT EVEN MATTER? TWO I AM SEEING GUYS FIGHTING AND THEY WANT TO WIN. THEY ARE PLAYING HARD. THEY JUST CANNOT CLOSE THE SHOW. >> @#THEY ARE PLAYING HARD. >> A LOSS IS A LOSS, NO MATTER WHAT. YOU PLAY BETTER AND HARDER AND AGGRESSIVE. WHAT EVER.@# >> I SLEPT BETTER KNOWING WE FOUGHT. I TOOK TWO LOSSES IN MILWAUKEE. >> WE HAVE BEEN SHOWING @#MINOR- LEAGUE HIGHLIGHTS. I AM THE UNOFFICIAL PRESIDENT OF THE DUKE ELLIS BEEN CUT. >> YOU WILL NEVER MAKE @#$12,00 A MONTH WITH NO TAXES. PRIVATE PLAY. >> LET'S HEAR FROM DUKE ELLIS. STANDUP GUY SPEAKING WITH THE MEDIA INSIDE THE CLUBHOUSE. OUR @#THE GOOD IS THE FIRST BAG THE BAD, SILLY THIRD -- I'M TRYING TO EXTEND @#THE ENVELOPE JUST GOT TOO AGGRESSIVE. >> YOU SAID YOU CANNOT BE AFRAID TO GET CAUGHT. OBVIOUSLY, IT IS A BIG SITUATION. HE JUST HAVE TO PUT IT BEHIND YOU AND GO TO THE NEXT ONE. >> @#OF COURSE. IT WAS A BIG LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR ME. AND THE NEXT TIME I'M IN THAT SITUATION, I CAN TRUST INSTINCTS. AND THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY. IT @#WAS EXCITING. IT WAS THE SITUATION I WANTED TO BE IN. I'M GLAD THEY TRUSTED ME AND HOPEFULLY THERE WILL BE MORE TO COME BEHIND THAT. LIKE YOU SAID, YOU HAVE TO BE READY FOR THE NEXT ONE. >>> ALL RIGHT. HE @#SAID FOR WHATEVER REASON - >> YOU TALK ABOUT IT, OH, YOU GOT IT. NO. LISTEN. THAT IS A GREAT EXPERIENCE. YOU GOT THERE TO RUN. YOU MAKE @#A MISTAKE? IT'S NOT A MISTAKE. THE CUBS WERE SMARTER. DON'T CHANGE YOUR GAME. THIS IS A GAME. BY THE WAY, I REMEMBER WE PLAYED ONE OUT. A COUPLE AT THIRD BASE. TIRED OF @#THE GAME. DID I SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT? CREATES CONFIDENCE. DON'T LET THAT PLAY TAKE THE BEST TOOLS YOU HAVE. I HAVE THE CONTRACT. >> BY THE WAY, I DON'T THINK HE'S LETTING IT GET TO THEM. I'M SURE IT WILL BE TOUGH. >> IT IS HIS BIRTHDAY. YOU HAVE THE MEDIA TALKING TO @# YOU. >> HE DID NOT LET IT AFFECT HIM. HE IS NOT A BIG-TIME HITTER. HE IS OUT THERE TO CAUSE HAVOC. THAT IS ESCAPE. I LIKE THAT. HAVING A PLAYER LIKE THAT, HE COULD CHANGE THE GAME LATE, WE HAVE ANOTHER GUY THAT CAN DO IT NOW. LIKE HE SAID, DON'T CHANGE THE # GAME. >> I'M UPSET BECAUSE MARTIN MALDONADO GOT PICKED UP. THIS KID, IT IS WHAT IS. >> CRAIG COUNSELL WAS ASKED ABOUT THE PICKOFF PLAY. >>>@# THAT ONE CAME FROM THE BENCH. THAT WAS HIS BIG LEAGUE DEBUT. HE @#IS 35 CEILING BASIS. HE CAN REALLY RUN. YOU SAW IN THE PITCHES BEFORE, HE WAS INTERESTED IN GETTING THEIR BASE. HE IS A TOUGH GUY TO STOP IF HE IS RUNNING. WE ARE JUST TRYING TO ESSENTIALLY SLOW HIM @#DOWN AND KEEP THEM THERE. GET A HIT TO TIE THE GAME. WHEN YOU PUT PLAYS LIKE THAT ON, YOU'RE NOT REALLY THINKING. JUST KEEP HIM CLOSE AND HE TAKES A WRONG STEP. HE WAS CAUGHT IN THE OTHER WAY. >>> PROPS FOR PUTTING THAT PLAY# AND MAKING HIS DEBUT, HE KNEW HE HAS STOLEN 35 BASIS. AND OBVIOUSLY, IT DID NOT WORK OUT TODAY. COMCAST BUSINESS. >>>@# HE WAS BEING AGGRESSIVE. HE GOT PICKED OFF. HE IS HERE TO HELP US WIN AND HE WILL LEARN FROM THIS. HE STOLE SECOND @#BASE EASILY. HE GOT TO THERE BEFORE THAT WAS OVER. HE GOT A CHANCE TO TIE THE GAME. HE IS AN EXCITING PLAYER. AN EXCITING BASE RUNNER. HE WAS PUT THERE TO DO EXACTLY WHAT HE DID. @# AND HE GOT PICKED OFF. IT IS NOT A BIG DEAL. AGAIN, THIS ONE GOT AWAY. >> DO YOU THINK HE HAD A SECOND CHANCE ON THAT PITCH? >> I THOUGHT HE DID. I WANTED TO BE AGGRESSIVE. @# BE AGGRESSIVE, YOU WILL MAKE MISTAKES. IT IS THE BIG LEAGUES. THEY KNOW HOW TO EXECUTE PLAYS. BUT AGAIN, HE WILL BE GOOD HERE FOR A LONG TIME. HE IS A STUDENT OF THE GAME. HE WILL LEARN FROM THIS. AND I WANT HIM TO CONTINUE TO @# BE AGGRESSIVE. I DON'T WANT HIM TO SHY AWAY FROM ANYTHING. >> JORDAN HAD SO MANY GOOD MOMENTS. WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN FROM HIM SINCE THEN? >> I DON'T KNOW. YOU MAKE @#A PITCH THAT LEAGUES OVER THE PLATE A BIT AND GUYS HIT IT. THIS IS THE BIG LEAGUES. THERE ARE HITTERS OVER THERE. HE CAN GO BACK AND LOOK.@# HE IS STEPPING ON THE BALL GOOD. HIS VELOCITY AND BREAKING PITCHES ARE GOOD. HE MADE A COUPLE OF MISTAKES. HE WALKED ON THE FOURTH IS STRAIGHT. WALKS HURT. THE HITS DON'T HURT AS MUCH AS THE WALKS. IF YOU ASK HIM, HE WILL TELL YOU THE SAME @#THING. JUST GET AFTER IT. GO AFTER HIM AND MAKE HIM SWING. JORDAN HAS BEEN GREAT. I'M NOT GOING TO SIT HERE AND TALK ABOUT HIM AND BASE ITS OR GIVING UP A COUPLE OF RUNS. HE HAS BEEN GOOD ALL YEAR. @# HE IS A BIG PART OF THE FUTURE. I DON'T KNOW. I THOUGHT WE HAD A CHANCE FOR A DOUBLE PLAY. I HAVE TO LOOK AT WHERE WE STARTED AND WHERE IT ENDED. I THOUGHT THE BALL GOT CAUGHT A# BIT. AND WENT UP. I HAVE NOT SEEN THE VIDEO ON THAT. I HAVE TO SEE HOW IT LOOKED WHERE WE STARTED AND WHERE WE ENDED. TYPICALLY, @#YOU KNOW, HE GETS THERE AND WE HAVE IT WHERE HE MISSES AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU WENT OVER THE PLATE AND HITS 400 FEET. HE LOOKED PRETTY GOOD. THE TIMING WAS RIGHT. WE DID A @#GOOD JOB. I WAS CONCERNED WITH THE DELAY WHERE WE STOPPED AND THEN HE HAD TO CRANK IT BACK UP BUT HE FELT GOOD AND KEPT HITTING. HE WAS GOOD AFTER THAT. IT IS NICE TO SEE HIM OUT THERE AND @#CENTER FIELD. I THOUGHT WE DID A GOOD JOB OF PUTTING BALLS IN PLAY. SOSA DID A GOOD JOB I DID WHAT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO DO WITH IT. OVERALL, I THOUGHT THE OFFENSE DID OKAY. THEY EXECUTED THE @#PLAN. IT WAS A TOUGH ONE. >> THE PITCH CUT WAS NOT HIGH BUT WHAT DID YOU LIKE FROM A CHRIS FLEXEN? >> HE KEPT THROWING. IT WASN'T THAT LONG OF A DELAY. BUT IT WAS ENOUGH FOR ME AFTER FIVE INNINGS TO GO TO @#THE BULLPEN. HE MADE IT THROUGH 62. HE ALSO THREW IN BETWEEN. DURING THE DELAY. I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD TIME TO GO TO THE BULLPEN. WE TALKED ABOUT IT EARLIER. WE WERE SET UP FOR THE MATCHUP WE WANTED. IT JUST @#DIDN'T WORK OUT. >>> THE RAIN DID NOT HELP. I THINK WHEN WE SAW HIM COME OUT, HE WAS NOT THE SAME. IT WAS TIME TO MAKE THE MOVE. WOULD YOU HAVE KEPT THEM IN THERE? >> YES. @# HE IS NOT A KID. HE WAS ABLE TO THROW THE BALL WELL. BEFORE YOU MAKE THE MOVE, TALK TO THE GUY. YOU HAVE TO BE @#AWARE. I THINK PEDRO GRIFOL DID THE RIGHT THING TO BRING HIM BACK. IT WASN'T A THREE-HOUR DELAY. >> BY POINT IS, HE BROUGHT THEM BACK FOR THE FIFTH. THEY DO YOU BRING THEM OUT FOR THE SIX? BECAUSE OF THE BRIDGE YOU NEED TO WIN THE GAME? >> THAT IS A GOOD @#POINT. WHY? WE SEE HIM EVERY DAY. HIS FUTURE IS BRIGHT. HE HAS CLOSING STUFF. EVERYTHING @#COMES TOGETHER. >> WHAT WE ARE SEEING LATELY, THE BULLPEN HAS BEEN LOW. >> LIKE I WAS SAYING, I WOULD'VE HAD THE BULLPEN READY BUT, DO THE STRETCH AS LONG AS YOU CAN. YOU HAD @#A 5-0 LEAD.