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Ruggiano drove in five runs, Darwin Barney had four hits and Nate Schierholtz added a solo homer for Chicago.
BOSTON -- Chicago Cubs third baseman Mike Olt spent some of his childhood days in Fenway Park thinking about what it would be like to hit a homer over the Green Monster. Jason Motte Jersey . He made that dream a reality Wednesday night. Olt, who grew up in Branford, Connecticut, attended UConn and made a nearly 2 1-2 hour trek to Boston a handful of times to watch the Red Sox, belted a two-run homer, one of four hit by Cubs in a 16-9 rout that completed a three-game interleague series sweep. "Id be lying if I said I didnt," Olt said when asked if he ever dreamed about hitting one over Fenways fabled wall. "We used to go to games up here and Yankee Stadium. Its big for me and nice to have the family here to see it." Justin Ruggiano and Welington Castillo also hit two-run homers for the Cubs, who won for the sixth time in seven games away from Wrigley Field and posted their first interleague sweep of three or more games since taking three from Cleveland in 2009. Ruggiano drove in five runs, Darwin Barney had four hits and Nate Schierholtz added a solo homer for Chicago. It was the Cubs first interleague sweep on the road since winning three against the crosstown rival White Sox in 2007. "Today they came in with the idea of hopefully having a good day, playing good baseball," Cubs manager Rick Renteria said. "Theyre happy about it and well go into the off day feeling good." Mookie Betts hit his first major league homer for the Red Sox, who lost for the ninth time in 13 games. Red Sox DH David Ortiz became the 36th player in major league history to collect 1,000 extra-base hits with a ground-rule double. Boston had its streak of holding an opponent to three or fewer runs in 14 straight home games snapped, the longest single-season stretch since the 1917 White Sox did it in 20. Unlike the first two games of the series when the teams combined for five runs and Boston was held hitless for 7 2-3 innings in the opener, there was plenty of offence to force both starting pitchers out early. "Its fun to take this series the way we did," Barney said. "Obviously our pitching has been good, if we give them a little more run support theyll be a lot better." The teams combined for nine runs in the ninth inning -- Chicago scored six -- in a game that took 4 hours, 19 minutes. Carlos Villanueva (4-5) allowed two runs in two innings of relief for the win. Red Sox starter Brandon Workman (1-2) allowed six runs and five hits in four innings. Travis Wood lasted just 3 2-3, giving up three runs and seven hits. "It was a rough night from the mound," Boston manager John Farrell said. "Starting off, Brandon had a difficult time getting the ball down in the strike zone and the conditions where its hot, the wind is carrying the ball. We made a number of pitches up in the strike zone that they were able to take advantage of." The Cubs jumped ahead 3-0 before making an out in the first. Ruggiano homered off a billboard above the Green Monster seats after Chris Coghlan drew a leadoff walk. Anthony Rizzo walked, stole second and scored on Starlin Castros single. Workman then struck out Luis Valbuena, bringing a loud mock cheer from the sweltering crowd. "I didnt really set a good tone. Three runs in the first kind of gets them in a swinging mindset, they start feeling good about themselves," Workman said. "I kind of got their bats warmed up for the bullpen and kind of put some guys in some bad spots in the game." Bostons Jonny Gomes had a sacrifice fly before Chicago built its lead to 6-1 in the fourth. Olt hit his two-run homer into Monster seats and Barney tripled and scored on Coghlans sacrifice fly. Ortiz had a sacrifice fly and Gomes an RBI single, slicing it to 6-3, but Castillo homered into the centre-field bleachers off reliever Felix Doubront in the fifth. Betts homered into the Monster seats. Schierholtz homered in the eighth when many of the sellout crowd had already left. NOTES: Ortiz is the only active left-handed hitter with 1,000 extra-base hits. ... Farrell said OF Shane Victorino, on the 15-day DL since late May with a strained right hamstring, may take BP soon. He shagged fly balls in the outfield during BP, teaching rookie Betts how to handle the sun in right. ... Both teams are off Thursday. ... The Cubs are scheduled to open a three-game series at Washington on Friday at 11 a.m. when, in a statistical rarity at this point in the season, RHP Jason Hammel (7-5, 2.98 ERA) faces RHP Tanner Roark (7-5, 2.98). ... LHP Jon Lester (9-7, 2.92) is slated to go for the Red Sox against RHP Miguel Gonzalez (4-5, 4.56) when they open a three-game set against Baltimore. Trevor Story Jersey . Kyle Denbrook, a soccer player from Saint Marys University, took the CIS male athlete of the week honour. Stanley, a fourth-year business administration student from Charlottetown, scored both goals in a 2-0 win over Dalhousie on Friday and tallied again in a 1-0 win over Saint Marys on Sunday. Carlos Gonzalez Jersey .com) - The disappointing Ottawa Senators hope to record consecutive wins for the first time since early November, as they visit the Boston Bruins on Friday for the opener of a home-and-home series. http://www.rockiesapparelsshop.com/customized-c-3/ .com) - American Madison Keys grabbed a first- round victory on Sunday in a rainy start to the Apia International Sydney tournament.PHILADELPHIA - Nick Foles and Mark Sanchez got opposite results with similar performances in a disappointing season.So which quarterback will lead the Philadelphia Eagles in 2015?Foles has one year left on his rookie contract and is 15-4 as a starter under coach Chip Kelly. Sanchez, who will be a free agent after this season, is 3-4, including three straight losses that knocked Philadelphia (9-6) out of the playoff race before Sundays season finale at the New York Giants (6-9).I just havent evaluated anything, Kelly said this week. We have a process that we go through. Ill watch every single game, every single throw, every single decision that everybody made in every position before we make legitimate decisions in terms of what we do. I dont think its fair to any player or anything to say, Yeah, I saw enough.Foles followed up a breakout year with an inconsistent one before fracturing his collarbone Nov. 2. He threw 13 touchdown passes and 10 interceptions and had an 81.4 passer rating. In 2013, Foles set an NFL record for best TD/INT ratio of 27/2 while helping the Eagles win the division after going 4-12 in 2012. His passer rating of 119.2 was the third-highest ever, and he capped it off by being honoured as offensive MVP of the Pro Bowl.Though his turnovers were up significantly, Foles still found ways to help the Eagles win. He did get help from the defence and special teams, which scored a bunch of touchdowns in the first half of the season.Foles will earn $660,000 in 2015, but hes eligible for a contract eextension. DJ LeMahieu Jersey. Its possible his injury cost him a long-term deal and the Eagles will let him play out his final year before making a lucrative commitment.Well sit down and thoroughly evaluate everything, Kelly said. He got hurt, so we have to make decisions moving forward in terms of what were going to do. I cant say, Hey, lets not make a decision because I need to see him play 16 more games. In certain times were going to have to make decisions, so you have to make it based on what you have. We dont have any control over the injury.Sanchez revived his career in Philadelphia after he sat out last season because of shoulder surgery and was dumped by the New York Jets. He played well enough to prove he could compete for a starting job on certain teams, but also missed an opportunity to solidify himself as a No. 1 guy.Sanchez has thrown for 2,216 yards, 12 TDs and 10 interceptions. His completion percentage (64.1) and passer rating (87.3) are career highs.All the big-picture questions are not really for me to decide right now, Sanchez said. Just playing again, being back on the field is a huge win for me personally.Of course, some think the Eagles will try to land Heisman Trophy winner Marcus Mariota in the NFL draft. Kelly coached Mariota at Oregon and raves about him. 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