Chi. Cubs 11, San Diego 7
When: 2:20 PM ET, Monday, May 28, 2012
Where: Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois
Temperature:
90°
Umpires:
Home -
Rob Drake, 1B -
Joe West, 2B -
Sam Holbrook, 3B -
Andy Fletcher
Attendance:
38452
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Cubs 11, Padres 7: Alfonso Soriano hammered a two-run homer onto Waveland Avenue beyond Wrigley Field to put the Cubs ahead for good as Chicago snapped its 12-game losing streak.
Soriano’s blast, one of eight homers in the wind-aided slugfest, gave the Cubs an 8-7 sixth-inning lead. Ian Stewart, Darwin Barney and Starlin Castro also homered for Chicago, which ended its longest skid since starting the 1997 season 0-14.
Chase Headley homered twice among his four hits and drove in three for San Diego, which also got long balls from Will Venable and Everth Cabrera.
San Diego ended a 26-inning scoreless streak in the first when outfielder Carlos Quentin, returning from knee surgery, doubled in Chris Denorfia. The lead was short-lived as Chicago plated two in the bottom half on Castro’s run-scoring single and Bryan LaHair’s RBI grounder.
Then the home run barrage began. Randy Wells (1-1) earned the win in relief, while Alex Hinshaw (0-1) took the loss.
San Diego has lost seven of eight and fell to 5-17 on the road.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Golfer Phil Mickelson said Monday that he is part of a group attempting to buy the Padres. Five groups are in the running to purchase the team from majority owner John Moores. ... Padres OF Cameron Maybin sat out a second straight game with a right wrist sprain. … Two of Castro’s four homers this season have come on 0-2 pitches. ... Cubs leadoff hitter David DeJesus tripled twice, though the second resulted from a misplayed fly ball. ... San Diego starter Jeff Suppan and Chicago starter Travis Wood each gave up six runs over five innings.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| San Diego |
|
Chi. Cubs |
|
Jeff Suppan |
Player |
Travis Wood
|
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
5.0 |
IP |
5.0 |
|
2 |
Strikeouts |
4 |
|
6 |
Hits |
7 |
|
10.80 |
ERA |
10.80 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| San Diego
|
12 |
4 |
29 |
.308 |
19 |
6 |
7 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
| Chi. Cubs
|
14 |
4 |
32 |
.378 |
4 |
4 |
11 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
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