Chi. Cubs 5, Arizona 3
When: 8:10 PM ET, Saturday, April 30, 2011
Where: Chase Field, Phoenix, Arizona
Temperature:
78°
Umpires:
Home -
Larry Vanover, 1B -
Tony Randazzo, 2B -
Dan Bellino, 3B -
Brian Gorman
Attendance:
27652
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Rookie Darwin Barney plated the go-ahead run in the top of the ninth and Alfonso Soriano homered as the Chicago Cubs edged the host Arizona Diamondbacks 5-3 on Saturday.
Aramis Ramirez added an RBI double and Matt Garza (1-3) struck out 10 in eight innings to earn his first win for the Cubs.
The Diamondbacks decided to go to closer J.J. Putz (0-1) with the game tied 3-3 in the ninth, and Marlon Byrd immediately led off with a single. Tyler Colvin walked following a fielder’s choice and another groundout left runners on the corners. Barney pushed a 2-2 pitch into center to drive in Geovany Soto with the go-ahead run, and Starlin Castro followed with an RBI single to left.
Carlos Marmol worked the bottom of the ninth for his seventh save.
Chicago built a 3-1 lead on Soriano’s 10th homer, and RBI hits by Soriano and Ramirez before Arizona pushed a pair of runs across in the sixth to make it 3-3.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Chi. Cubs |
|
Arizona |
|
Matt Garza
|
Player |
Ian Kennedy
|
|
Win |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
8.0 |
IP |
7.2 |
|
10 |
Strikeouts |
6 |
|
6 |
Hits |
6 |
|
3.38 |
ERA |
3.52 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Chi. Cubs
|
9 |
1 |
14 |
.237 |
15 |
7 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Arizona
|
6 |
0 |
9 |
.194 |
7 |
10 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
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