10 Jun 2005

Chicago Cubs defeat Boston Red Sox, 14-6

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CHICAGO -- It was an odd scene in an odd season for Alan Embree. Amid a three-run Chicago seventh inning, with Embree pitching mop-up duty, Dave Wallace popped up out of the dugout and headed for the mound. Catcher Kelly Shoppach made a motion to join Wallace but was waved off by the Sox pitching coach, who put an arm around Embree and repeatedly, reassuringly, slapped the lefthander on the shoulder.

''A lot of people get on and off the bandwagon," Wallace said. ''He's ...

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