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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
San Francisco 4, Chi. Cubs 0
When: 3:45 PM ET, Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Where: AT&T Park, San Francisco, California
Temperature: 65°
Umpires: Home - Doug Eddings, 1B - Dana DeMuth, 2B - Kerwin Danley, 3B - Paul Nauert
Attendance: 41099

Jeff Keppinger and Pablo Sandoval hit back-to-back homers to lead off the fourth inning as the San Francisco Giants beat the visiting Chicago Cubs 4-0 on Wednesday, snapping their three-game losing streak.

The Giants remained six games behind Arizona in the National League West.

Giants starter Madison Bumgarner (9-12) gave up two hits over eight innings and tied his career high with 11 strikeouts. He improved to 6-1 over his last eight home starts.

Keppinger went 3-for-4 with two RBIs for the Giants, who won for just the sixth time in the last 16 games.

Cubs starter Rodrigo Lopez (4-6) allowed four runs on nine hits over 5 1/3 innings.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Chi. Cubs   San Francisco
Rodrigo Lopez Player Madison Bumgarner
Loss W/L Win
5.1 IP 8.0
2 Strikeouts 11
9 Hits 2
6.75 ERA 0.00
Hitting
Chi. Cubs   San Francisco
Marlon Byrd Player Jeff Keppinger
1 Hits 3
0 RBI 2
0 HR 1
1 TB 7
.333 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Chi. Cubs 2 0 2 .071 7 12 0 2 1 1
San Francisco 12 2 21 .364 16 5 4 2 0 1