Aramis Ramirez Hits Two Homers; Cubs Win Series. No, This Is Not Fiction.
The Cubs win a series in Arizona for the first time since 2003.
| Final - 7.6.2010 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cubs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 1 |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
Stories
Diamondbacks 4, Cubs 6: Four On The Floor
The Diamondbacks lost their fourth in a row, going down 6-4 to the Cubs at Chase Field. Barry Enright pitched well, but got hit hard in the sixth, while Aaron Heilman was also tagged, and the offense wasted some more chances to score.
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Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chi. Cubs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 1 |
| Arizona | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| Chicago Cubs | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kosuke Fukudome, RF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .266 |
| Ryan Theriot, 2B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .277 |
| Derrek Lee, 1B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .230 |
| Tyler Colvin, CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .272 |
| Aramis Ramirez, 3B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .184 |
| Alfonso Soriano, LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .273 |
| Starlin Castro, SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .271 |
| Geovany Soto, C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .281 |
| Carlos Silva, P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .071 |
| Xavier Nady, PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .238 |
| Sean Marshall, P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Carlos Marmol, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 36 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 10 | |
Batting
Home runs - Fukudome, Ramirez
Triples - Castro
Doubles - Theriot, Lee, Soto
Grounded into DP - Castro
Team LOB - 6
Fielding
Errors - Castro
Home runs - Fukudome, Ramirez
Triples - Castro
Doubles - Theriot, Lee, Soto
Grounded into DP - Castro
Team LOB - 6
Fielding
Errors - Castro
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Silva (W, 9-2) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2.96 | 1 | 74-50 |
| Sean Marshall (, 5-2) | 1.1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.18 | 0 | 26-20 |
| Carlos Marmol (S, 2-1; S,16) | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1.99 | 1 | 31-25 |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Young, CF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .265 |
| Kelly Johnson, 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .268 |
| Justin Upton, RF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .260 |
| Miguel Montero, C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .377 |
| Mark Reynolds, 3B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .217 |
| Adam LaRoche, 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .251 |
| Stephen Drew, SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .265 |
| Gerardo Parra, LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .258 |
| Tony Abreu, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .239 |
| Blaine Boyer, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Chris Snyder, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .237 |
| Barry Enright, P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Sam Demel, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jordan Norberto, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Esmerling Vasquez, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Aaron Heilman, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Rusty Ryal, ph,7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .295 |
| Totals | 34 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 10 | |
Batting
Home runs - Johnson
Doubles - LaRoche, Ryal
Grounded into DP - LaRoche
Sacrifice flies - Drew
Team LOB - 5
Home runs - Johnson
Doubles - LaRoche, Ryal
Grounded into DP - LaRoche
Sacrifice flies - Drew
Team LOB - 5
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Enright (L, 1-1) | 5.2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3.38 | 0 | 78-55 |
| Sam Demel | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 | 15-7 |
| Jordan Norberto | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.06 | 0 | 4-3 |
| Esmerling Vasquez | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.02 | 0 | 7-6 |
| Aaron Heilman | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4.10 | 0 | 27-16 |
| Blaine Boyer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.19 | 0 | 10-9 |
GAME NOTES
Officials: Home Plate Umpire - Lance Barksdale, First Base Umpire - Ed Rapuano, Second Base Umpire - Tom Hallion, Third Base Umpire - Ron Kulpa
Duration: 2:43
Officials: Home Plate Umpire - Lance Barksdale, First Base Umpire - Ed Rapuano, Second Base Umpire - Tom Hallion, Third Base Umpire - Ron Kulpa
Duration: 2:43
