Rickie Weeks and Corey Hart could be a dangerous 1-2 punch at the top of theMilwaukeeBrewers lineup. 

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For the second straight night, the crowd at Miller Park stood in the ninth inning and screamed for their team. 

Alfonso Soriano made up for another poor performance by the Chicago Cubs' bullpen, smacking a go-ahead two-run homer in the ninth inning to give the Cubs a 6-5 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday. 

As a former closer for the Chicago Cubs, Ryan Dempster knows all about the pressure that comes with the territory. 

Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella is still getting to know his team's rebuilt bullpen. 

MILWAUKEE ? Lou Piniella did his stand-up routine Friday after theCubs? tough 4-3 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers in the home opener at Miller Park. 

MILWAUKEE ? Geovany Soto didn?t seem overly worried Friday about his right shoulder, but manager Lou Piniella sounded concerned about a possible lack of catching depth. 

Chicago Cubs catcher Geovany Soto's sore right shoulder is feeling much better and he will test it by throwing before Sunday's game. 

Braden Looper was hoping for a more polished debut with theMilwaukeeBrewers. 

TheMilwaukeeBrewers' late arrival home from San Francisco early Friday led to an unexpected spectacle later in the day in the traffic jams surrounding Miller Park before the home opener: 

Lou Piniella loved everything about his team's pitching through six innings Friday at Miller Park. 

The Cubs got through spring training relatively unscathed from a health standpoint, but manager Lou Piniella was eager to see his regular-season lineup intact after getting C Geovany Soto and CF Kosuke Fukudome back from the World Baseball Classic. 

--LHP Sean Marshall, the Cubs' fifth starter, is available for bullpen duty this weekend, and he faced one batter Friday, walking Prince Fielder to lead off the eighth. 

Catcher Geovany Soto probably is out for the entire weekend series at Milwaukee because of inflammation in his right shoulder.