CHICAGO - The Chicago Cubs have seen balls get lost in the Wrigley Field ivy, two balls in play at once, the homer in the gloamin' and even goats wandering around.

And don't even get started on the foul-ball wackiness.

But this? This was truly bizarre, even by Wrigley standards.

The Cubs were penalized for batting out of order, both managers were ejected, Sammy Sosa homered to tie it in the ninth and Moises Alou immediately followed with a winning shot to give the Cubs an 11-10 victory over the Cincinnati Reds Friday.

"That was one of the weirdest, coolest, craziest games that I've ever been a part of, I'll tell you that," Sean Casey said. "That was an unbelievably weird game."

Yes it was, right down to the very end. With the Cubs trailing 10-9, Sosa led off the bottom of the ninth with a homer to right-center off Reds closer Danny Graves. It was Sosa's 512th home run for the Cubs, tying Hall of Famer Ernie Banks for the club record.

Alou sent a 1-0 pitch from Graves (0-1) over the wall in left-center to end it. Alou knew his second home run of the day was gone as soon as it left his bat, throwing his left arm into the air as the Cubs spilled out of the dugout. His teammates were waiting to greet him at home, and they turned the plate into a mini mosh pit, bopping up and down.

"It was awesome!" said Alou, 4-for-5 with three RBIs. "I don't really show too many emotions, but I just couldn't control it."

With the wind blowing out at 13 mph on another unseasonably warm day, it was a given things were going to be leaving the ballpark.

But it's usually home runs, not managers.

Reds skipper Dave Miley was the first to go, getting tossed in the fourth inning for arguing a called strike on Casey. Then in the seventh, it was Cubs manager Dusty Baker's turn.

Shortstop Ramon Martinez and left-hander Kent Mercker were brought in as a double switch in the top of the inning. Mercker was supposed to bat in the eighth spot, with Martinez hitting ninth - but crew chief Mike Reilly said plate umpire C.B. Bucknor was never told.

"It's the responsibility of the team making the switch to inform the home plate umpire, otherwise, they go in the batting order like they would appear," Reilly said, adding that most managers go out to tell the umpire of the change. "C.B. Bucknor was never informed."

Baker said he tried to get Bucknor's attention, whistling and wiggling his fingers in a switching motion. But Bucknor never turned around.

When Martinez led off the bottom of the inning with a double, Reds bench coach Jerry Narron asked Bucknor if there'd been a lineup switch. Bucknor said no, and Martinez was called out because the Cubs had batted out of order.

"We saw that Martinez was in the game, but the home plate umpire never motioned to us," Narron said.

Baker sprinted out to the mound with his lineup card and argued, but to no avail. Yelling and screaming, Baker tossed his lineup card on the ground, and Bucknor ejected him. Then Baker threw his hat on the ground.

He walked away from the umpires but then went back, tossing his hat again and gesturing wildly. A tennis ball came flying out of the stands, and the crowd chanted "Dus-ty! Dus-ty!"

Baker finally stomped back to the dugout, kicking a bat cloth and then a heavy warmup bat. When the bat didn't travel very far, Baker kicked it again before heading down the dugout steps.

"I'm not proud of it," Baker said. "I called my wife and asked if my son saw it. She said he was in the bathtub. I'm glad he didn't see it. I hope he doesn't see the replay."

The episode definitely got the Cubs' attention, though.

"I've never seen him like that before," Sosa said of Baker. "When you see your manager go out, ready to fight, if you're sleeping, you wake up."

The Cubs pulled to 9-7 on Ramirez's two-run double in the seventh. Wily Mo Pena gave the Reds' some breathing room with a solo home run off Kyle Farnsworth in the eighth. But the Cubs came right back with Todd Hollandsworth's pinch-hit, two-run homer that cut Cincinnati's lead to 10-9.

Joe Borowski (1-0) pitched a scoreless ninth, and then Sosa and Alou put on their home run show.

"I'm just so happy we won this game," Baker said. "I'd have felt terrible if we'd lost. I've have been sick all night."

Notes: Alou and Ramirez homered back-to-back

in the third inning, the second time this week they've done that. ... Hollandsworth has three hits this year, all home runs. ... Graves' blown save was his first in five chances this year. ... The Cubs have had 26 extra-base hits in their last three games.