Chi. Cubs 5, Houston 4
When: 8:05 PM ET, Monday, April 11, 2011
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature:
84°
Umpires:
Home -
Gary Darling, 1B -
Bruce Dreckman, 2B -
Paul Emmel, 3B -
Rob Drake
Attendance:
20175
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Marlon Byrd and Alfonso Soriano drove in two runs apiece as the visiting Chicago Cubs stormed out to an early lead and held on for a 5-4 victory over the Houston Astros on Monday night.
Chicago (5-5) took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning on a two-run double by Soriano. Darwin Barney tripled home a run in the second and came in to score on a base hit by Byrd, who added another RBI single in the fourth inning.
Trailing 5-1, the Astros (2-8) roughed up Chicago starter Ryan Dempster (1-2) in the seventh inning when Bill Hall launched a solo home run to right field and Angel Sanchez followed with a two-run shot to cut the deficit to one.
Dempster struck out nine in 6 1/3 innings. Carlos Marmol recorded the final four outs, working around a pair of ninth-inning baserunners to earn his fourth save.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Chi. Cubs |
|
Houston |
|
Ryan Dempster
|
Player |
Nelson Figueroa |
|
Win |
W/L |
Loss |
|
6.1 |
IP |
4.0 |
|
9 |
Strikeouts |
3 |
|
6 |
Hits |
8 |
|
5.68 |
ERA |
11.25 |
Hitting
| Chi. Cubs |
|
Houston |
|
Starlin Castro
| Player |
Bill Hall |
|
3 |
Hits |
2 |
|
0 |
RBI |
1 |
|
0 |
HR |
1 |
|
3 |
TB |
5 |
|
.600 |
Avg |
1.000 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Chi. Cubs
|
8 |
0 |
11 |
.235 |
16 |
7 |
5 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
| Houston
|
10 |
2 |
17 |
.270 |
23 |
13 |
4 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
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