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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Chi. Cubs 5, Miami 1
When: 7:10 PM ET, Thursday, May 19, 2011
Where: Sun Life Stadium, Miami, Florida
Temperature: 86°
Umpires: Home - Paul Emmel, 1B - Rob Drake, 2B - Gary Darling, 3B - David Rackley
Attendance: 16345

Marlon Byrd hit a two-run home run and Casey Coleman pitched 5 2/3 scoreless innings as the Chicago Cubs completed a two-game sweep of the host Florida Marlins with a 5-1 victory Thursday night.

Starlin Castro had a two-run double and Reed Johnson contributed an RBI double to help the Cubs beat the Marlins for the sixth consecutive time.

Coleman (2-3) allowed four hits while striking out seven and walking five to snap a personal three-game losing streak.

Johnson doubled home Carlos Pena in the second and Byrd homered for the second straight night, taking Marlins starter Chris Volstad (2-3) deep in the fourth for a 3-0 lead.

Volstad went five innings, allowing three runs on four hits. He struck out five and walked one.

Florida’s Mike Stanton clubbed a solo homer in the eighth inning off Kerry Wood to cut it to 3-1 before Castro supplied a pair of insurance runs in the ninth.

Hanley Ramirez, Logan Morrison and John Buck had two hits apiece for the Marlins.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Chi. Cubs   Miami
Casey Coleman Player Chris Volstad
Win W/L Loss
5.2 IP 5.0
7 Strikeouts 5
4 Hits 4
0.00 ERA 5.40
Hitting
Chi. Cubs   Miami
Marlon Byrd Player John Buck
2 Hits 2
2 RBI 0
1 HR 0
6 TB 2
.500 Avg 1.000
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Chi. Cubs 9 1 17 .250 20 9 5 2 0 0
Miami 8 1 12 .229 16 10 1 5 0 1