Cubs’ Wood Ejected as Lead Gets Away

Kerry Wood lost his cool and the Chicago Cubs lost the game.

Wood was ejected in a heated exchange with plate umpire Eric Cooper after blowing a one-run lead in the ninth inning Saturday at Wrigley Field.

Wily Mo Pena doubled in the go-ahead run with two out in the ninth, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Cubs, 3-2.

Sean Casey singled and after Wood (2-1) walked Adam Dunn on a 3-2 pitch, Wood waved in disgust. Cooper then started toward the mound before Cub catcher Michael Barrett got between the two.

After Cooper returned to the plate and Wood to the mound, Ryan Freel’s bunt moved both runners up before Jason LaRue tied the score with a sacrifice fly. Pena doubled to right-center and Manager Dusty Baker came out to remove Wood.

As Wood was being taken out of the game, he sprinted to the plate and began screaming at Cooper before he was ejected. As he walked down the dugout, Wood heaved a batting helmet and gloves onto the field.

St. Louis 8, Colorado 4 -- Scott Rolen homered on consecutive at-bats and had four RBIs, and Albert Pujols also homered for the Cardinals, who rallied from a three-run deficit at Busch Stadium.

Philadelphia 6, Montreal 3 -- David Bell, Pat Burrell, Placido Polanco and Bobby Abreu homered at Philadelphia to lead the Phillies to their third win in a row after a 1-6 start.

Pittsburgh 2, New York 1 -- Tike Redman doubled to right leading off the eighth inning and scored on a sacrifice fly by Jason Kendall and the Pirates won at Shea Stadium.

Atlanta 4, Florida 1 -- Chipper Jones and Jesse Garcia homered, Russ Ortiz (1-2) outpitched Josh Beckett (1-1) and the Braves beat the World Series champions in Atlanta.

Houston 14, Milwaukee 5 -- At Houston, Richard Hidalgo hit a pair of two-run doubles and drove in four runs, and Craig Biggio and Mike Lamb hit three-run homers for the Astros.

San Diego 3, Arizona 2 -- At Petco Park, Ismael Valdez won his first start of the season and the Padres ended a three-game losing skid. Valdez gave up two runs and five hits in six innings.