Garza, Cubs end losing streak at 3
Pittsburgh (AP) - The bats sure came alive forthe Cubs today who had been held to just a total of 6 runs in their past 3 games and just 2 in their past two games. The Cubs scored 10 today, mostly off of the Pittsburgh bullpen in relief of A.J. Burnett. Both Alfonso Soriano and Ian Stewart hit home runs to support starter Matt Garza in his quest of a 3rd win. Garza started off the game striking out 7 of the first 10 batters he faced but only was able to get two more punchouts after that point.
Cubs Corner: Garza picks up his 3rd win of the season....David DeJesus struck out 3 times but also got his 7th triple of the year...Alfonso Soriano picked up his 2nd triple and his 9th homer of the year...Darwin Barney who had been cold as of late picked up 3 hits...Bryan LaHair, newly moved to the #5 hole walked twice and doubled...Tony Camapana was the spark plug again for the Cubs stealing 2nd and 3rd en route to an RBI single by Starlin Castro to break things open for the Cubs; Campana now has 16 steals on the season...Game 3 will pit Jeff Samardzija (5-1, 1.87) against Erik Bedard (1-3, 6.12)
Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh Pirates | ||||||||||||
May 26, 2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
Chicago (24-21) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 0 |
Pittsburgh (19-26) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 1 |
W: Garza (3-1) L: Burnett (0-1) |
Chicago Cubs | ||||||||
HITTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | HR | AVG |
DeJesus | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .295 | |
Campana | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .267 | |
Castro | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .262 | |
Soriano | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .236 | |
LaHair | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .248 | |
Stewart | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .261 | |
Soto | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .243 | |
Barney | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .180 | |
Garza | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .150 | |
BATTING: 2B: LaHair (12), Soto 2 (7) 3B: DeJesus (7), Soriano (2) HR: Soriano (9), Stewart (5) RBI: Castro (24), Campana (11), Soriano 2 (28), Soto 2 (22), Stewart 2 (14), Barney 2 (7) GIDP: Soto | ||||||||
BASERUNNING: SB: Campana 2 (16) |
Pittsburgh Pirates | ||||||||
HITTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | HR | AVG |
Tabata (INJ in 6th) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .255 | |
Hernandez | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .286 | |
Harrison | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | |
McCutchen | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .286 | |
Barajas | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .190 | |
Jones | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .251 | |
Walker | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .265 | |
McLouth | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .254 | |
Barmes | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .236 | |
Burnett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | |
Presley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .288 | |
Alvarez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .152 | |
Mercer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .600 | |
BATTING: 2B: McCutchen (13), Jones (8), Barajas (5) 3B: Walker (1), Barmes (1) RBI: McCutchen 2 (22), Jones (20), Barajas (12), McLouth (15) | ||||||||
BASERUNNING: SB: Tabata (5) | ||||||||
FIELDING: E: Barmes (5) |
Chicago Cubs | ||||||||
PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
Garza (W, 3-1) | 7.1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 1.89 | |
Bowden | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.36 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | ||||||||
PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
Burnett (L, 0-1) | 5.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5.40 | |
Cruz | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.81 | |
Hughes | 0.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.33 | |
Resop | 0.2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5.86 | |
Grilli | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5.34 | |
Watson | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.79 |
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