chicagosports.chicagotribune.com - 5/1/2008
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Cubs 19, Brewers 5 Offensive explosion leads Cubs rout of Brewers By Paul Sullivan | Tribune reporter 12:43 AM CDT, May 1, 2008 Geovany Soto went into Tuesday night's game trying to avoid tying a franchise record for most consecutive strikeouts by a position player after fanning eight times in Washington. Twenty-four hours later, the rookie catcher smoked a pair of three-run homers to lead the ...
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Nice game Geo crushes Brew Crew
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From the Trib:
Geovany Soto went into Tuesday night's game trying to avoid tying a franchise record for most consecutive strikeouts by a position player after fanning eight times in Washington.
Twenty-four hours later, the rookie catcher smoked a pair of three-run homers to lead the Cubs to a 19-5 victory over Milwaukee, going from agony to ecstasy in the blink of an eye.
"It just kind of shows you what a good player he is ...
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Big League Stew —
... You're my boy, Blue!: "When
you go 0-for-8 with eight strikeouts, it's uphill from there," Soto
said. "You have to go through those bad times sometimes to just learn
from it. Hopefully, it doesn't happen again whatever happened in
Washington." (Chicago Sports) ...
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