LA Dodgers 7, Chi. Cubs 3
When: 2:20 PM ET, Sunday, April 24, 2011
Where: Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois
Temperature:
48°
Umpires:
Home -
Marty Foster, 1B -
Bill Welke, 2B -
Tim Tschida, 3B -
Jeff Nelson
Attendance:
32943
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Andre Ethier extended his hitting streak to 21 games and sparked a first-inning burst to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 7-3 road victory over the Chicago Cubs on Sunday afternoon.
The Dodgers scored five runs in the opening frame against Carlos Zambrano (2-1), who was in a 3-0 hole before recording an out. Ethier and Matt Kemp started the surge with RBI singles and Jerry Sands followed with a run-scoring double. Chicago scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the inning.
Los Angeles received RBI singles from James Loney in the third inning and Aaron Miles in the sixth to make it 7-2. Darwin Barney closed the scoring for Chicago (10-11) when he plated Geovany Soto with a base hit in the seventh inning.
Hiroki Kuroda (3-2) went 6 2/3 innings for the win, scattering nine hits and giving up three runs, two of them earned.
Zambrano lasted five innings for Chicago, giving up six earned runs on eight hits.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| LA Dodgers |
|
Chi. Cubs |
|
Hiroki Kuroda |
Player |
Carlos Zambrano
|
|
Win |
W/L |
Loss |
|
6.2 |
IP |
5.0 |
|
7 |
Strikeouts |
4 |
|
9 |
Hits |
8 |
|
2.70 |
ERA |
10.80 |
Hitting
| LA Dodgers |
|
Chi. Cubs |
|
Aaron Miles | Player |
Marlon Byrd
|
|
3 |
Hits |
2 |
|
1 |
RBI |
0 |
|
0 |
HR |
0 |
|
5 |
TB |
2 |
|
.600 |
Avg |
.500 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| LA Dodgers
|
11 |
0 |
16 |
.306 |
19 |
4 |
7 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
| Chi. Cubs
|
10 |
0 |
13 |
.270 |
16 |
8 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |