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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Chi. Cubs 4, Arizona 2
When: 9:40 PM ET, Friday, April 29, 2011
Where: Chase Field, Phoenix, Arizona
Temperature: 83°
Umpires: Home - Brian Gorman, 1B - Larry Vanover, 2B - Tony Randazzo, 3B - Dan Bellino
Attendance: 29431

Alfonso Soriano homered twice and Geovany Soto added a solo blast as the Chicago Cubs snapped a four-game slide with a 4-2 victory over the host Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday.

Carlos Zambrano (3-1) turned in six strong innings and Aramis Ramirez added an RBI for the Cubs.

The Diamondbacks took the lead in the first inning when Justin Upton reached Zambrano for a two-run blast. It stayed that way until the fifth when Chicago finally got to Armando Galarraga (3-2).

Soriano struck first, reaching down for a 1-2 sinker on the inside part of the plate and blasting it over the wall in left-center to pull the Cubs within a run at 2-1. Soto followed and made it back-to-back blasts when Galarraga left a 3-2 fastball out over the plate for Soto’s second homer of the season.

Soriano struck again in the seventh, moving into a tie for second in the majors with his ninth homer. The solo shot off Galarraga lifted Chicago into the lead, 3-2.

Kerry Wood and Sean Marshall bridged the gap to Carlos Marmol, who worked a scoreless ninth for his sixth save.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Chi. Cubs   Arizona
Carlos Zambrano Player Armando Galarraga
Win W/L Loss
6.0 IP 7.0
2 Strikeouts 2
4 Hits 6
3.00 ERA 3.86
Hitting
Chi. Cubs   Arizona
Jeff Baker Player Justin Upton
2 Hits 2
0 RBI 2
0 HR 1
2 TB 5
.667 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Chi. Cubs 8 3 19 .229 10 5 4 1 0 0
Arizona 7 1 12 .212 19 6 2 3 0 0