Major League Baseball
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Chi. Cubs 11, Arizona 5
When: 2:20 PM ET, Friday, April 30, 2010
Where: Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois
Temperature: 78°
Umpires: Home - Tim Welke, 1B - Sam Holbrook, 2B - Bill Welke, 3B - Mike DiMuro
Attendance: 37800

Alfonso Soriano hit a three-run home run and drove in four runs to power the Chicago Cubs to an 11-5 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday.

Geovany Soto and Marlon Byrd added solo homers as the Cubs rebounded from a 13-5 loss in Thursday’s series opener and snapped a three-game losing streak.

Randy Wells (3-0) remained unbeaten on the season despite six shaky innings in which he allowed five runs on eight hits. He struck out eight and did not walk a batter.

After spotting the Diamondbacks a 3-0 lead, Chicago chipped away at the lead off starter Rodrigo Lopez and extended it against Arizona’s beleaguered bullpen.

Soriano’s sixth-inning blast put the Cubs ahead for good at 6-4 and they piled it on against the bullpen, scoring three runs in the seventh and two in the eighth. Kosuke Fukudome had two hits, drove in a run and scored three times for Chicago.

Chris Snyder hit a solo homer and Mark Reynolds and Cole Gillespie had RBI doubles for Arizona, which had scored 25 runs in its previous two games.

Lopez (1-1) went six innings, giving up six runs -- two earned -- on seven hits. His fielding error in the sixth opened the door for Soriano’s momentum-changing blast.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Arizona   Chi. Cubs
Rodrigo Lopez Player Randy Wells
Loss W/L Win
6.0 IP 6.0
4 Strikeouts 8
7 Hits 8
3.00 ERA 7.50
Hitting
Arizona   Chi. Cubs
Cole Gillespie Player Marlon Byrd
2 Hits 2
1 RBI 1
0 HR 1
4 TB 5
.500 Avg 1.000
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Arizona 11 1 19 .289 16 14 5 1 0 3
Chi. Cubs 11 4 25 .324 16 6 11 5 0 0