Cubs and Yankees

In the fourth inning, Wood and Hee Seop Choi, the first baseman, collided while pursuing a pop fly. Wood inadvertently smacked Choi in the head, knocking off his cap. Choi managed to catch the ball before falling and hitting his head on the ground. He was out cold, ball still grasped in his glove. Thankfully, he regained consciousness by the time the ambulance arrived. In the fifth inning, the Yankee's Hideki Matsui lucked out on a bad check swing call. Instead of being out on strikes, he hit a home run a few pitches later, scoring the first run of the game. Clemens looked strong until the seventh inning. With two men on, he was pulled from the game against his will. Juan Acevedo came in to face Choi's replacement, Eric Karros. On the very first pitch, Karros crushed the ball over the left field fence, putting the Cubs up by two. Clemens' milestone had eluded him once more. In the eighth, Wood finally fell apart, getting two men out but also loading the bases. Veteran Mike Remlinger replaced him to face the powerful Jason Giambi. With a full count, Remlinger channeled a nasty pitch down the middle and through Giambi's bat, ending the inning. Chicago scored two insurance runs and New York responded with a homer in the ninth before Cubs reliever, Joe Borowski, struck out Juan Rivera to end the game. The final score was 5-2. For the first time in history, the Cubs had beaten the Yankees. (Oy, this is why I'm not a sportswriter.)