The Cubs didn’t look sleepy early on after playing in St. Petersburg, Fla., on Thursday night and not getting back to Chicago until 2 a.m. They scored a run in the first as leadoff hitter Kosuke Fukudome beat out a swinging bunt and moved to third on Ryan Theriot’s sharp single to right center. Fukudome scored when Lee hit into a double play.

Dye tied it in the second with his third homer in two games, fifth in the last five and 15th of the season, a line drive that sailed over the left field bleachers and onto Waveland Ave.

Danks retired 11 straight before Fukudome’s one-out single in the sixth but third baseman Joe Crede took Theriot’s grounder and started the White Sox’s third double play of the day. Danks went six innings, allowing a run and five hits. Lilly lasted 6 2-3, giving up seven hits and three runs.

Guillen was on a roll before the game and got in another shot at one of his favorite targets, Wrigley Field. Especially the batting cage under the right field bleachers.

“You go to take batting practice and the rats are bigger than pigs out there. You want to take a look? I think the rats are lifting weights,” he said.

“That’s the way it is. This is a museum. People like to come to Wrigley Field. I don’t say people don’t like to come here. I said, ’Ozzie doesn’t like to come here.”’

Cubs manager Lou Piniella, who did a TV commercial that featured he and Guillen riding a bike together and taking turns on a trampoline — some doubles were used in the taping — brushed off the comments.

“If you can believe everything Ozzie says then I guess you should be ... I haven’t seen any rats around here to be honest with you,” Piniella said.

Notes: The Cubs announced that ace Carlos Zambrano, who had to leave his previous start Wednesday with a sore shoulder, has a minor strain. He had an MRI on Friday. The Cubs will determine on Saturday what course of action to use for Zambrano, who will miss his next start Tuesday. ... The Cubs are now 30-8 at home. ... Dotel had allowed just two homers in 33 1-3 innings entering the game.

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