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CHICAGO - The bottom of the ninth was magic again for the White Sox.
D'Angelo Jimenez hit a single to score Magglio Ordonez as the White Sox beat the Cubs 7-6 Saturday and sent their crosstown rivals to a season-worst fourth straight loss.
"I've been trying to do too much lately and I went up there trying not to do that," Jimenez said.
Jose Valentin's ninth-inning homer on Friday gave the White Sox a 4-3 win.
On Saturday, Aaron Rowand hit a two-run homer in the eighth to tie it at 6, connecting off Antonio Alfonseca, who gave up Valentin's winner Friday.
Ordonez was walked by Juan Cruz to lead off the ninth, and after Carlos Lee flied to right he raced into second ahead of Sammy Sosa's throw.
Mike Remlinger replaced Cruz, and after striking out Valentin issued an intentional walk to Tony Graffanino. Jimenez, who did not start and was in a 7-for-41 slump, singled on an 0-and-1 pitch and Ordonez beat the throw home, setting off another wild celebration at U.S. Cellular Field.
Billy Koch pitched the ninth to win in consecutive games.
Leading by two, it appeared the Cubs defense saved them in the seventh.
The White Sox had two on and no outs when Cubs leftfielder Troy O'Leary leaped for an over-the-shoulder catch to take extra bases away from Lee. One batter later Sosa jumped along the rightfield wall to rob Valentin of a homer.
But in the eighth Rowand hit a two-out homer, his second of the season, to tie it.
"It's been a terrible week for us," Cubs manager Dusty Baker said. "I've got an excellent bullpen. It's just been a bad bullpen week."
GIANTS 8, ATHLETICS 7 (10): Pedro Feliz singled home the winning run in the 10th and Barry Bonds homered as host San Francisco rallied from a six-run deficit in a game that featured 30 hits. Neifi Perez tied it with a run-scoring single in the eighth and scored on Feliz's hit as the Giants won their second straight in the Bay Bridge Series.
MARLINS 10, RED SOX 9: Mike Lowell hit a three-run homer in the ninth as visiting Florida rallied to overcome another big Boston inning. A night after Boston scored a record 10 before making an out in a 14-run first inning, the Red Sox took a 9-2 lead with seven runs in the sixth. But the Marlins scored four in the eighth and four in the ninth to take the lead and snap Boston's five-game winning streak. Nate Bump earned the win in his major-league debut after being called up from Triple-A Albuquerque before the game.
REDS 5, INDIANS 4: Rookie Rainer Olmedo's run-scoring single capped visiting Cincinnati's two-out, two-run rally in the ninth. Olmedo had four RBIs for the Reds, who have won a major league-leading 20 games in their final at-bat. Cincinnati also has 18 wins by one run, a major-league best. The Reds were down to their final strike in the ninth off Danys Baez when Adam Dunn doubled. Russell Branyan followed with a double to tie it at 4, and Olmedo followed with a bloop single to left.
CARDINALS 13, ROYALS 9: Jim Edmonds hit two more homers and had four hits as St. Louis snapped host Kansas City's five-game winning streak. Edmonds went 4-for-4 with two doubles and three RBIs. He has five homers in the past four games for the Cardinals, who took over possession of first place in the NL Central. Edgar Renteria homered, stole three bases and drove in four runs, and Scott Rolen homered for the second straight game.
PHILLIES 9, ORIOLES 5: Jim Thome homered, doubled and scored twice as Philadelphia beat Baltimore before the largest crowd (49,549) in the 12-year history of Camden Yards. The record was 49,137 for Game 3 of the 1997 division series against Seattle.
ASTROS 2, RANGERS 0: Jeriome Robertson won his fifth straight decision and Adam Everett's run-scoring single snapped a scoreless tie in the fifth for host Houston. The Astros snapped a four-game losing streak, equaling their longest of the season.
TWINS 5, BREWERS 2: Torii Hunter and Corey Koskie spoiled Dave Burba's season debut with homers. Hunter went 3-for-4 with two RBIs, and Luis Rivas went 3-for-4 with an RBI for Minnesota, which won for the fourth time in 14 games, the fifth in its past 15 home games. Burba scattered nine hits over 52/3 in his first major-league outing since Sept. 28 with Cleveland.
DIAMONDBACKS 7, TIGERS 0: Rookie Brandon Webb pitched a seven-hitter and Luis Gonzalez drove in three runs as visiting Arizona won its franchise-record 10th straight game. Arizona won nine in a row in 2001.
EXPOS 4, BLUE JAYS 2: Rookie Claudio Vargas pitched two-hit ball into the seventh for visiting Montreal. Carlos Delgado hit his major league-leading 26th home run for the Blue Jays. Vargas allowed two hits until Vernon Wells singled with one out in the seventh.
ANGELS 3, DODGERS 1: Kevin Appier pitched six solid innings, and Tim Salmon and Shawn Wooten homered for host Anaheim before a sellout of 43,726. Appier held the Dodgers to one run on six hits. He struck out three and issued one walk, which was intentional.
PADRES 6, MARINERS 0: Jake Peavy pitched three-hit ball for eight innings and Rondell White hit a three-run homer for visiting San Diego. Peavy won his fourth straight start, his fifth in six tries.
National LeagueROCKIES 5, PIRATES 4: Colorado twice turned infield errors by Pittsburgh into multirun innings to back Denny Neagle's effective pitching. With runners at the corners and two outs in the ninth, Jose Jimenez retired Aramis Ramirez on a grounder to first.