Schumaker's 2-run homer gives Cardinals 5-3 win over Cubs

[May 03, 2008]  ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Skip Schumaker hit a two-run homer in the 11th inning, taking struggling closer Jason Isringhausen off the hook in the St. Louis Cardinals' 5-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Friday night.

The Cubs' outfield was playing in with a runner on third and one out when Schumaker, usually the Cardinals' leadoff hitter, hit his second homer of the season and fifth of his career off Chad Fox

Fox (0-1) had his contract purchased from Triple-A Iowa earlier Friday and made his first appearance since April 2005. Ron Villone (1-0) picked up his first victory since July 2, 2006, for the Yankees over the Mets.

Alfonso Soriano tied it in the ninth with a two-run homer off Isringhausen.

[Associated Press; By R.B. FALLSTROM]

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