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Cubs going for rare sweep of cross-town rival White Sox

May 20, 2007 - 1:33 PM Chi White Sox (20-19) at Chicago Cubs (20-21) 2:20 pm EDT

CHICAGO (Ticker) -- After an exciting comeback victory on Saturday, Derrek Lee and the Chicago Cubs aim to sweep the cross-town rival Chicago White Sox for the first time in nearly three years.

The Cubs put six runs on the board in the eighth inning to earn an 11-6 victory over the White Sox on Saturday. Lee started the game on the bench due to pain in his neck, but came in as a pinch hitter in the eighth and blasted a grand slam off Boone Logan.

Lee missed the previous five games with neck spasms but was able to spark the Cubs, who have not swept the White Sox since July 2-4, 2004.

Instead of starting Jose Contreras on three days' rest, the White Sox will look to snap out of the doldrums behind rookie Nick Masset (1-1, 6.61 ERA), who will make his first major league start after 11 relief appearances this season.

The Cubs will counter with Carlos Zambrano (4-3, 5.13), who is coming off his best outing of the season. The hard-throwing righthander yielded one run and six hits in eight innings in a 10-1 win over the New York Mets last Tuesday.

Since a rocky start to the campaign, Zambrano is 3-1 with a 3.33 ERA in his last four starts.

With wins in the first two games of the series, the Cubs narrowed the gap against their cross-town rivals to 29-27 all time.