Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
San Francisco 4, Chi. Cubs 0
When: 3:45 PM ET, Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Where: AT&T Park, San Francisco, California
Temperature: 65°
Umpires: Home - Doug Eddings, 1B - Dana DeMuth, 2B - Kerwin Danley, 3B - Paul Nauert
Attendance: 41099
Where: AT&T Park, San Francisco, California
Temperature: 65°
Umpires: Home - Doug Eddings, 1B - Dana DeMuth, 2B - Kerwin Danley, 3B - Paul Nauert
Attendance: 41099
Jeff Keppinger and Pablo Sandoval hit back-to-back homers to lead off the fourth inning as the San Francisco Giants beat the visiting Chicago Cubs 4-0 on Wednesday, snapping their three-game losing streak.
The Giants remained six games behind Arizona in the National League West.
Giants starter Madison Bumgarner (9-12) gave up two hits over eight innings and tied his career high with 11 strikeouts. He improved to 6-1 over his last eight home starts.
Keppinger went 3-for-4 with two RBIs for the Giants, who won for just the sixth time in the last 16 games.
Cubs starter Rodrigo Lopez (4-6) allowed four runs on nine hits over 5 1/3 innings.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Chi. Cubs | San Francisco | |
| Rodrigo Lopez | Player | Madison Bumgarner |
| Loss | W/L | Win |
| 5.1 | IP | 8.0 |
| 2 | Strikeouts | 11 |
| 9 | Hits | 2 |
| 6.75 | ERA | 0.00 |
Hitting
| Chi. Cubs | San Francisco | |
| Marlon Byrd | Player | Jeff Keppinger |
| 1 | Hits | 3 |
| 0 | RBI | 2 |
| 0 | HR | 1 |
| 1 | TB | 7 |
| .333 | Avg | .750 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team | Hits | HR | TB | Avg | LOB | K | RBI | BB | SB | Errors |
| Chi. Cubs | 2 | 0 | 2 | .071 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| San Francisco | 12 | 2 | 21 | .364 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 |