Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Chi. Cubs 4, Arizona 1
When: 2:20 PM ET, Monday, April 4, 2011
Where: Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois
Temperature: 47°
Umpires: Home - Tim Timmons, 1B - Jeff Kellogg, 2B - Eric Cooper, 3B - Mark Carlson
Attendance: 26292

Randy Wells allowed one run and six hits over six innings and five Chicago relievers shut down Arizona the rest of the way in a 4-1 victory Monday at Wrigley Field.

The Cubs (2-2) got two RBIs from Alfonso Soriano, including a solo homer, and two doubles from Geovany Soto.

It was a frustrating day for the D-backs (1-2). Willie Bloomquist led off the game with a homer, but Arizona had nothing else to show for eight hits and six walks, going 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position and stranding 11 runners.

Soriano tied it off Joe Saunders with a third-inning blast to left, and the Cubs went ahead in the fourth on Carlos Pena’s sacrifice fly that scored Marlon Byrd.

In the eighth, Aramis Ramirez and Soto hit back-to-back doubles to give the Cubs an insurance run, and Soriano’s RBI single plated Soto for a 4-1 lead.

Carlos Marmol pitched a scoreless ninth for his second save, one day after blowing a 4-3 ninth-inning lead against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Arizona   Chi. Cubs
Joe Saunders Player Randy Wells
Loss W/L Win
6.0 IP 6.0
3 Strikeouts 6
5 Hits 6
3.00 ERA 1.50
Hitting
Arizona   Chi. Cubs
Russell BranyanPlayer Alfonso Soriano
2 Hits 2
0 RBI 2
0 HR 1
2 TB 5
.667 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Arizona 8 1 11 .242 26 8 1 6 2 0
Chi. Cubs 8 1 14 .258 9 4 4 3 0 1