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

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
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Chi. Cubs 13 2 23 .342 16 9 7 3 0 1
Milwaukee 8 0 11 .242 19 7 1 2 1 3