San Francisco 7, Chi. Cubs 6
When: 2:20 PM ET, Thursday, April 11, 2013
Where: Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois
Temperature:
40°
Umpires:
Home -
Kerwin Danley, 1B -
Lance Barksdale, 2B -
Victor Carapazza, 3B -
Jeff Nelson
Attendance:
25460
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Giants 7, Cubs 6: Angel Pagan and Pablo Sandoval each drove in a pair of runs as visiting San Francisco overcame a five-run deficit to take the series opener from Chicago.
Ryan Vogelsong (1-1) allowed five runs - four earned - and eight hits in six innings to pick up the win and drew a bases-loaded walk to force in the tying run in the fifth for the Giants, who have won four straight.
Anthony Rizzo hit a two-run homer and Brent Lillibridge drove in two as the Cubs fell for the fifth time in the last six games. Scott Feldman (0-2) lasted 4 1/3 innings and did not get a lot of help from his defense, yielding six runs - two earned - and seven hits to suffer the loss.
San Francisco was down 5-0 after the third inning but began to climb back into the game in the fourth. Feldman looked like he would escape the inning unscathed but shortstop Starlin Castro’s two-out fielding error allowed Vogelsong to reach and force in a run, and Pagan followed with an RBI single before Sandoval reached for a breaking ball off the plate and sent it out to left-center field for a two-run double.
A hit and a walk with one out in the fifth ended Feldman’s afternoon, and Hisanori Takahashi allowed a single to load the bases before walking Vogelsong to force in the tying run. Pagan followed with a sacrifice fly and Brandon Crawford capped the three-run rally with an RBI single.
GAME NOTEBOOK: San Francisco RHP Sergio Romo worked around a one-out double in the ninth to earn his sixth save in as many chances. … Cubs prospect Jorge Soler was suspended five games by the Class A Florida State League for leaving the dugout and with a bat following an altercation with an opposing player. … Chicago owner Tom Ricketts was sent a goat’s head at Wrigley Field. The Cubs, who have been trying to break the supposed “Curse of the Billy Goat” for decades, turned it over to police.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| San Francisco
|
9 |
0 |
10 |
.257 |
18 |
9 |
6 |
6 |
0 |
2 |
| Chi. Cubs
|
12 |
1 |
19 |
.316 |
12 |
8 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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