Can This Count For October?

Alfonso Soriano entered today's game hitting under .200... No one, myself included, would've thought that he would have a four hit game. Soriano is really working to prove that his bat is still essential to this Cubs offense. Soriano's only couple of blemishes were his slow running resulting in two very close calls at the plate, in Soraino's defense, he did manage to get in safely both times, but his speed is evidently not 100% since his recent trip to the DL.

The Cubs couldn't figure out rookie pitcher Max Scherzer. Scherzer had only one run charged against him, and he truly pitched great ball. Dempster pitched great as well, and he only gave up 2 runs, both pitchers were lifted in the 7th inning. The Cubs certainly didn't mind.

The Cubs scored 6 runs in the bottom of the seventh, with Ward, Soriano, Ramirez, and Fukudome all driving in runs. Fukudome did his in style, he belted his second homer of the year into the right center field bleachers.

In a series that the Cubs could easily sweep with their ace, Carlos Zambrano, taking the mound tomorrow, I'm sure the team and Chicago fans everywhere are thinking, can this count for October? I'll admit, I'm still a little upset about the Cubs getting swept by such a young D'Backs team in the NLDS, but one has to admit, with this series conclusion pointing towards a sweep of the hottest team in MLB, revenge tastes so sweet...