Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Chi. Cubs 8, Milwaukee 1
When: 8:10 PM ET, Friday, April 23, 2010
Where: Miller Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Lazaro Diaz, 1B - John Hirschbeck, 2B - James Hoye, 3B - Wally Bell
Attendance: 37848
Where: Miller Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Lazaro Diaz, 1B - John Hirschbeck, 2B - James Hoye, 3B - Wally Bell
Attendance: 37848
Ryan Dempster again shutdown the red-hot Milwaukee Brewers as the Chicago Cubs posted an 8-1 victory on Friday.
Dempster (2-0) beat the Brewers for the fourth straight time, allowing one run on seven hits with four strikeouts over 7 2/3 innings.
The Brewers, who had scored 36 runs over their last three contests, were limited to eight hits in this one.
Kosuke Fukodome and Tyler Colvin homered and each drove in a pair runs to help the Cubs build a 6-0 advantage after five innings.
Jeff Suppan (0-1) was dealt the loss, giving up six runs -- five earned -- on 10 hits over 4 1/3 innings.
Craig Counsell doubled in the Brewers only run in the seventh inning.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Chi. Cubs | Milwaukee | |
| Ryan Dempster | Player | Jeff Suppan |
| Win | W/L | Loss |
| 7.2 | IP | 4.1 |
| 4 | Strikeouts | 2 |
| 7 | Hits | 10 |
| 1.17 | ERA | 10.38 |
Hitting
| Chi. Cubs | Milwaukee | |
| Kosuke Fukudome | Player | Gregg Zaun |
| 2 | Hits | 2 |
| 2 | RBI | 0 |
| 1 | HR | 0 |
| 6 | TB | 3 |
| .500 | Avg | .667 |
Team Stats Summary