Cubs blow big lead, rally to beat Rockies

Alfonso Soriano finished off the latest wild game at Wrigley Field.

Soriano hit a two-run single in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Cubs a 10-9 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Monday night, setting off a wild celebration after Chicago’s bullpen blew a five-run lead in the top of the ninth.

“A great win. You couldn’t have scripted it any better. Clutch,” Cubs Manager Lou Piniella said.

Troy Tulowitzki hit a go-ahead, three-run homer to cap Colorado’s six-run ninth.

After Tulowitzki’s homer, a fan jumped onto the field from the roof of the Rockies’ dugout and charged at Howry. The fan was just a few feet from the mound when security guards tackled him.

“As soon as I turned around the guy clotheslined him and took him down,” said Howry, who hardly moved as the fan charged his way. “He said, ‘What are you doing?’ I’m trying to give up home runs, what do you think?”

The scene was eerily similar to when a fan, John Murray, attacked Cubs closer Randy Myers in September 1995.

“I don’t think he was too threatening,” Piniella said. “It is scary because you don’t know.”

Howry then got three outs in the ninth and ended up with a win after blowing the save.

The Cubs came back against Rockies closer Brian Fuentes (0-2). Mark DeRosa led off the ninth with a single. With two outs, pinch-hitter Koyie Hill singled and Ryan Theriot reached on an error.

With the bases loaded, Soriano hit a two-run single, scoring pinch-runner Jacque Jones and Hill.