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
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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 |
