San Diego 5, Chi. Cubs 4
When: 7:05 PM ET, Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Where: Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois
Temperature:
42°
Umpires:
Home -
Bill Miller, 1B -
James Hoye, 2B -
Tom Hallion, 3B -
Mike Estabrook
Attendance:
35095
By SportsDirect Inc.
Ryan Ludwick hit a two-run home run and Aaron Harang remained perfect on the season as the visiting San Diego Padres beat the Chicago Cubs 5-4 on Wednesday night to salvage a split of a doubleheader and avert a three-game sweep.
Cameron Maybin and Chris Denorfia launched solo blasts to back six steady innings from Harang (4-0), who allowed two runs on nine hits while striking out five.
Closer Heath Bell, San Diego’s third reliever, picked up his fifth save and 39th in a row dating to last season.
Alfonso Soriano belted a two-run homer and Reed Johnson had three hits for Chicago, which notched a 2-1 win in the opener of the doubleheader on Johnson's walk-off homer in the 11th inning.
Ludwick and Denorfia had three hits apiece for baseball's worst-hitting team, which used the long ball to take control against spot starter James Russell (1-2), who lasted four-plus innings in his second start of the season.
The Cubs scored twice in the fifth on Johnson's RBI double and Dexter Barney's run-scoring single, and pulled within 5-4 on Soriano’s two-run blast off Chad Qualls in the eighth.
Top Game Performances
Hitting
| San Diego |
|
Chi. Cubs |
|
Ryan Ludwick | Player |
Reed Johnson |
|
3 |
Hits |
3 |
|
2 |
RBI |
1 |
|
1 |
HR |
0 |
|
8 |
TB |
4 |
|
.750 |
Avg |
.750 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| San Diego
|
12 |
3 |
24 |
.364 |
11 |
2 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
| Chi. Cubs
|
13 |
1 |
18 |
.342 |
15 |
10 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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