GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NL: ATLANTA (32-23) at CHICAGO CUBS (22-31)

NL: ATLANTA at CHICAGO CUBS

<div class="pre">ATLANTA (1) VS CHICAGO CUBS (10) - END 8TH - IN PROGRESS

ATLANTA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
K Johnson 2b 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 .299
Y Escobar 3b-ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .250
E Renteria ss 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 .338
P Orr pr-3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .225
A Jones cf 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .226
J Francoeur rf 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 .290
B McCann c 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .279
M Diaz lf 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 .339
S Thorman 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .225
M McBride p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
P Moylan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
L Cormier p 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000
O Villarreal p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-C Woodward ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .232
C Paronto p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Saltalamacchia 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .270

Totals 28 1 6 1 1 9 9

a-fouled out to catcher for O Villarreal in the 6th.

BATTING: RBI - M Diaz (14). 2-out RBI - M Diaz. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - S Thorman 1. GIDP - B McCann. Team LOB - 4.

BASERUNNING: CS - K Johnson (3, 2nd base by S Marshall/K Hill).

FIELDING: E - J Saltalamacchia (1, throw). DP: 1 (E Renteria-S Thorman).


CHICAGO CUBS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Soriano lf 5 2 3 1 0 0 0 .299
F Pie cf 5 2 2 1 0 2 3 .241
D Lee 1b 5 3 3 1 0 2 3 .361
A Ramirez 3b 3 0 2 0 1 0 2 .305
J Jones rf 4 1 2 1 0 1 2 .248
M DeRosa 2b 3 1 1 5 0 0 1 .253
R Theriot ss 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 .266
K Hill c 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .111
S Marshall p 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
C Marmol p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-A Pagan ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .298

Totals 35 10 13 9 2 7 12

a-grounded into fielder's choice to first for C Marmol in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - F Pie (4, L Cormier). 3B - A Soriano (3, L Cormier). HR - M
Derosa (6, 1st inning off L Cormier 3 on, 2 Out), A Soriano (6, 2nd inning off
L Cormier 0 on, 2 Out), D Lee (6, 3rd inning off L Cormier 0 on, 0 Out). SF - M
DeRosa. RBI - M DeRosa 5 (26), A Soriano (14), D Lee (33), F Pie (5), J Jones
(18). 2-out RBI - M DeRosa 4, A Soriano. Runners left in scoring position, 2
out - D Lee 2. GIDP - J Jones. Team LOB - 5.

FIELDING: DP: 2 (K Hill-M DeRosa, S Marshall-R Theriot-D Lee).


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ATLANTA - 000 000 10 -- 1
CHICAGO CUBS - 411 030 01 -- 10
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ATLANTA ip h r er bb so hr era
L Cormier 4 9 8 8 1 1 3 18.00
O Villarreal 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 3.58
C Paronto 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7.47
M McBride 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 4.50
P Moylan 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 2.73

CHICAGO CUBS ip h r er bb so hr era
S Marshall 6 2/3 6 1 1 1 8 0 2.25
C Marmol 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00

L Cormier pitched to 2 batters in the 5th.

HBP - K Hill (by P Moylan). Pitches-strikes: L Cormier 84-53; O Villarreal
17-14; C Paronto 14-8; M McBride 19-13; P Moylan 23-12; S Marshall 99-61; C
Marmol 11-8. Ground balls-fly balls: L Cormier 8-2; O Villarreal 1-2; C Paronto
0-2; M McBride 0-0; P Moylan 2-0; S Marshall 5-6; C Marmol 1-2. Batters faced:
L Cormier 20; O Villarreal 5; C Paronto 3; M McBride 4; P Moylan 7; S Marshall
25; C Marmol 4.

UMPIRES: HP--James Hoye. 1B--Brian Runge. 2B--Mark Wegner. 3B--Bruce
Froemming.

Weather: 73 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 6 mph, right to left.</div>

 

NL: ATLANTA at CHICAGO CUBS

<div class="pre">NL AT CHICAGO CUBS - PITCHING CHANGE
CHN: RYAN DEMPSTER (1-2, 3.80) STARTING THE 9TH
CURRENT SCORE: ATLANTA 1, CHICAGO CUBS 10

DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: P ORR (.225, 0 HR, 2 RBI)</div>

 

NL: ATLANTA at CHICAGO CUBS

<div class="pre">NL AT CHICAGO CUBS - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: R Dempster relieved C Marmol.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: ATLANTA 1
CHICAGO CUBS 10 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: P Orr (.225, 0 HR, 2 RBI)</div>

 

NL: ATLANTA at CHICAGO CUBS

<div class="pre">NL AT CHICAGO CUBS - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: R Dempster relieved C Marmol.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: ATLANTA 1
CHICAGO CUBS 10 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: P Orr (.225, 0 HR, 2 RBI)</div>

 

NL: ATLANTA at CHICAGO CUBS

<div class="pre">NL AT CHICAGO CUBS - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: A Pagan in left field.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: ATLANTA 1
CHICAGO CUBS 10 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: P Orr (.225, 0 HR, 2 RBI)</div>

 

NL: ATLANTA at CHICAGO CUBS

<div class="pre">NL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
ATLANTA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 1
CHICAGO CUBS 4 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 x 10 13 0 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: ATL - LANCE CORMIER, OSCAR VILLARREAL (5TH), CHAD PARONTO (6TH),
MACAY MCBRIDE (7TH), PETER MOYLAN (8TH) AND BRIAN MCCANN

CHN - SEAN MARSHALL, CARLOS MARMOL (7TH), RYAN DEMPSTER
(9TH) AND KOYIE HILL

HOME RUNS: ATL - NONE

CHN - MARK DEROSA (6) OFF LANCE CORMIER IN THE 1ST, 3 ON
ALFONSO SORIANO (6) OFF LANCE CORMIER IN THE 2ND, 0 ON
DERREK LEE (6) OFF LANCE CORMIER IN THE 3RD, 0 ON</div>

 

NL: ATLANTA at CHICAGO CUBS

<div class="pre">NL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
ATLANTA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 1
CHICAGO CUBS 4 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 x 10 13 0 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: ATL - LANCE CORMIER, OSCAR VILLARREAL (5TH), CHAD PARONTO (6TH),
MACAY MCBRIDE (7TH), PETER MOYLAN (8TH) AND BRIAN MCCANN

CHN - SEAN MARSHALL, CARLOS MARMOL (7TH), RYAN DEMPSTER
(9TH) AND KOYIE HILL


WP - SEAN MARSHALL (1-2)
LP - LANCE CORMIER (0-1)
SAVE - NONE

HOME RUNS: ATL - NONE

CHN - MARK DEROSA (6) OFF LANCE CORMIER IN THE 1ST, 3 ON
ALFONSO SORIANO (6) OFF LANCE CORMIER IN THE 2ND, 0 ON
DERREK LEE (6) OFF LANCE CORMIER IN THE 3RD, 0 ON


TIME: 2:36 ATT: 40,155

PROBABLES: CHN - JASON MARQUIS (5-2, 2.93)
MIL - DAVE BUSH (3-5, 5.64)

PROBABLES: FLA - WES OBERMUELLER (1-3, 5.02)
ATL - TIM HUDSON (6-3, 2.77)</div>

 

NL: ATLANTA at CHICAGO CUBS

<div class="pre">ATLANTA (1) VS CHICAGO CUBS (10) - FINAL

ATLANTA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
K Johnson 2b 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 .299
Y Escobar 3b-ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .250
E Renteria ss 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 .338
P Orr pr-3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .220
A Jones cf 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 .230
J Francoeur rf 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .288
B McCann c 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .277
M Diaz lf 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 .339
S Thorman 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .225
M McBride p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
P Moylan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
L Cormier p 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000
O Villarreal p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-C Woodward ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .232
C Paronto p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Saltalamacchia 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .270

Totals 32 1 7 1 1 10 10

a-fouled out to catcher for O Villarreal in the 6th.

BATTING: RBI - M Diaz (14). 2-out RBI - M Diaz. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - S Thorman 1, B McCann 1. GIDP - B McCann. Team LOB - 5.

BASERUNNING: CS - K Johnson (3, 2nd base by S Marshall/K Hill).

FIELDING: E - J Saltalamacchia (1, throw). DP: 1 (E Renteria-S Thorman).


CHICAGO CUBS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Soriano lf 5 2 3 1 0 0 0 .299
R Dempster p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
F Pie cf 5 2 2 1 0 2 3 .241
D Lee 1b 5 3 3 1 0 2 3 .361
A Ramirez 3b 3 0 2 0 1 0 2 .305
J Jones rf 4 1 2 1 0 1 2 .248
M DeRosa 2b 3 1 1 5 0 0 1 .253
R Theriot ss 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 .266
K Hill c 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .111
S Marshall p 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
C Marmol p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-A Pagan ph-lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .298

Totals 35 10 13 9 2 7 12

a-grounded into fielder's choice to first for C Marmol in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - F Pie (4, L Cormier). 3B - A Soriano (3, L Cormier). HR - M
Derosa (6, 1st inning off L Cormier 3 on, 2 Out), A Soriano (6, 2nd inning off
L Cormier 0 on, 2 Out), D Lee (6, 3rd inning off L Cormier 0 on, 0 Out). SF - M
DeRosa. RBI - M DeRosa 5 (26), A Soriano (14), D Lee (33), F Pie (5), J Jones
(18). 2-out RBI - M DeRosa 4, A Soriano. Runners left in scoring position, 2
out - D Lee 2. GIDP - J Jones. Team LOB - 5.

FIELDING: DP: 2 (K Hill-M DeRosa, S Marshall-R Theriot-D Lee).


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ATLANTA - 000 000 100 -- 1
CHICAGO CUBS - 411 030 01x -- 10
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ATLANTA ip h r er bb so hr era
L Cormier (L, 0-1) 4 9 8 8 1 1 3 18.00
O Villarreal 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 3.58
C Paronto 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7.47
M McBride 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 4.50
P Moylan 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 2.73

CHICAGO CUBS ip h r er bb so hr era
S Marshall (W, 1-2) 6 2/3 6 1 1 1 8 0 2.25
C Marmol 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
R Dempster 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.65

L Cormier pitched to 2 batters in the 5th.

HBP - K Hill (by P Moylan). Pitches-strikes: L Cormier 84-53; O Villarreal
17-14; C Paronto 14-8; M McBride 19-13; P Moylan 23-12; S Marshall 99-61; C
Marmol 11-8; R Dempster 8-7. Ground balls-fly balls: L Cormier 8-2; O
Villarreal 1-2; C Paronto 0-2; M McBride 0-0; P Moylan 2-0; S Marshall 5-6; C
Marmol 1-2; R Dempster 2-0. Batters faced: L Cormier 20; O Villarreal 5; C
Paronto 3; M McBride 4; P Moylan 7; S Marshall 25; C Marmol 4; R Dempster 4.

UMPIRES: HP--James Hoye. 1B--Brian Runge. 2B--Mark Wegner. 3B--Bruce
Froemming.

T--2:36. Att--40,155.
Weather: 73 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 6 mph, right to
left.</div>

 

NL: ATLANTA at CHICAGO CUBS

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NL
ATLANTA 1
CHICAGO CUBS 10 FINAL</div>

 

NL: ATLANTA at CHICAGO CUBS

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ATLANTA (1) AT CHICAGO CUBS (10) - HOW THEY SCORED
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

CHICAGO CUBS 1ST: A Soriano grounded out to pitcher. F Pie singled to
center. D Lee singled to left, F Pie to second. A Ramirez singled to right,
F Pie to third, D Lee to second. J Jones reached on infield single to first,
A Ramirez hit by batted ball out at second. M DeRosa homered to center, F Pie,
D Lee and J Jones scored. R Theriot grounded out to second. (4 Runs, 5 Hits,
0 Errors) ATLANTA 0, CHICAGO CUBS 4.

CHICAGO CUBS 2ND: K Hill struck out swinging. S Marshall grounded out to
second. A Soriano homered to left. F Pie grounded out to pitcher. (1 Run,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 0, CHICAGO CUBS 5.

CHICAGO CUBS 3RD: D Lee homered to right center. A Ramirez walked.
J Jones grounded into double play, shortstop to first, A Ramirez out at second.
M DeRosa grounded out to third. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 0, CHICAGO CUBS 6.

CHICAGO CUBS 5TH: A Soriano tripled to deep center. F Pie doubled to
right, A Soriano scored. O Villarreal relieved L Cormier. D Lee singled to
center, F Pie to third. A Ramirez popped out to second. J Jones singled to
left center, F Pie scored, D Lee to third. M DeRosa hit sacrifice fly to left,
D Lee scored. R Theriot grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, J Jones
out at second. (3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 0, CHICAGO CUBS 9.

ATLANTA 7TH: E Renteria singled to center. P Orr ran for E Renteria.
A Jones popped out to shortstop. J Francoeur grounded into fielder's choice to
third, P Orr out at second. B McCann singled to right, J Francoeur to third.
M Diaz singled to right, J Francoeur scored, B McCann to third. C Marmol
relieved S Marshall. S Thorman popped out to second. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors)
ATLANTA 1, CHICAGO CUBS 9.

CHICAGO CUBS 8TH: P Moylan relieved M McBride. M DeRosa grounded out to
first. R Theriot walked. K Hill hit by pitch, R Theriot to second. A Pagan
hit for C Marmol. A Pagan grounded into fielder's choice to first, R Theriot
scored , K Hill safe at second on throwing error by first baseman J Saltalamacchia.
A Soriano singled to right, K Hill to third, A Pagan to second. F Pie struck out
looking. D Lee struck out swinging. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 1 Error) ATLANTA 1, CHICAGO CUBS 10.</div>

 

NL: ATLANTA at CHICAGO CUBS

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ATLANTA (1) AT CHICAGO CUBS (10) - EVENT LOG
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Atlanta Starting Lineups -- K Johnson 2B, Y Escobar 3B, E Renteria SS, A Jones CF,
J Francoeur RF, B McCann C, M Diaz LF, S Thorman 1B, L Cormier RHP.

Chicago Cubs Starting Lineups -- A Soriano LF, F Pie CF, D Lee 1B, A Ramirez 3B,
J Jones RF, M DeRosa 2B, R Theriot SS, K Hill C, S Marshall LHP.

Umpires -- James Hoye (HP), Brian Runge (1B), Mark Wegner (2B), Bruce Froemming (3B).

Gametime Weather: 73 degrees, Cloudy, wind right to left at 6 mph.


ATLANTA 1ST: K Johnson singled to right. Y Escobar struck out swinging.
E Renteria struck out swinging. K Johnson caught stealing second, catcher to
second.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 0, CHICAGO CUBS 0.

CHICAGO CUBS 1ST: A Soriano grounded out to pitcher. F Pie singled to
center. D Lee singled to left, F Pie to second. A Ramirez singled to right,
F Pie to third, D Lee to second. J Jones reached on infield single to first,
A Ramirez hit by batted ball out at second. M DeRosa homered to center, F Pie,
D Lee and J Jones scored. R Theriot grounded out to second. (4 Runs, 5 Hits,
0 Errors) ATLANTA 0, CHICAGO CUBS 4.

ATLANTA 2ND: A Jones struck out swinging. J Francoeur reached on infield
single to third. B McCann grounded into double play, pitcher to shortstop to
first, J Francoeur out at second.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 0,
CHICAGO CUBS 4.

CHICAGO CUBS 2ND: K Hill struck out swinging. S Marshall grounded out to
second. A Soriano homered to left. F Pie grounded out to pitcher. (1 Run,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 0, CHICAGO CUBS 5.

ATLANTA 3RD: M Diaz popped out to second. S Thorman struck out swinging.
L Cormier walked. K Johnson flied out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
ATLANTA 0, CHICAGO CUBS 5.

CHICAGO CUBS 3RD: D Lee homered to right center. A Ramirez walked.
J Jones grounded into double play, shortstop to first, A Ramirez out at second.
M DeRosa grounded out to third. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 0, CHICAGO CUBS 6.

ATLANTA 4TH: Y Escobar struck out swinging. E Renteria struck out
swinging. A Jones struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 0,
CHICAGO CUBS 6.

CHICAGO CUBS 4TH: R Theriot flied out to center. K Hill flied out to
center. S Marshall grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
ATLANTA 0, CHICAGO CUBS 6.

ATLANTA 5TH: J Francoeur struck out swinging. B McCann flied out to
center. M Diaz flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 0,
CHICAGO CUBS 6.

CHICAGO CUBS 5TH: A Soriano tripled to deep center. F Pie doubled to
right, A Soriano scored. O Villarreal relieved L Cormier. D Lee singled to
center, F Pie to third. A Ramirez popped out to second. J Jones singled to
left center, F Pie scored, D Lee to third. M DeRosa hit sacrifice fly to left,
D Lee scored. R Theriot grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, J Jones
out at second. (3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 0, CHICAGO CUBS 9.

ATLANTA 6TH: S Thorman grounded out to shortstop. C Woodward hit for
O Villarreal. C Woodward fouled out to catcher. K Johnson singled to center.
Y Escobar grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 0,
CHICAGO CUBS 9.

CHICAGO CUBS 6TH: C Paronto relieved O Villarreal. K Hill flied out to
right. S Marshall struck out swinging. A Soriano flied out to center.
(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 0, CHICAGO CUBS 9.

ATLANTA 7TH: E Renteria singled to center. P Orr ran for E Renteria.
A Jones popped out to shortstop. J Francoeur grounded into fielder's choice to
third, P Orr out at second. B McCann singled to right, J Francoeur to third.
M Diaz singled to right, J Francoeur scored, B McCann to third. C Marmol
relieved S Marshall. S Thorman popped out to second. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors)
ATLANTA 1, CHICAGO CUBS 9.

CHICAGO CUBS 7TH: Y Escobar at shortstop. P Orr at third base. M McBride
relieved C Paronto. J Saltalamacchia at first base. F Pie struck out swinging.
D Lee struck out looking. A Ramirez singled to left. J Jones struck out
looking. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 1, CHICAGO CUBS 9.

ATLANTA 8TH: J Saltalamacchia flied out to center. K Johnson struck out
swinging. Y Escobar grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
ATLANTA 1, CHICAGO CUBS 9.

CHICAGO CUBS 8TH: P Moylan relieved M McBride. M DeRosa grounded out to
first. R Theriot walked. K Hill hit by pitch, R Theriot to second. A Pagan
hit for C Marmol. A Pagan grounded into fielder's choice to first, R Theriot
scored, K Hill safe at second on throwing error by first baseman J Saltalamacchia.
A Soriano singled to right, K Hill to third, A Pagan to second. F Pie struck out
looking. D Lee struck out swinging. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 1 Error) ATLANTA 1, CHICAGO CUBS 10.

ATLANTA 9TH: R Dempster relieved C Marmol. A Pagan in left field. P Orr
grounded out to shortstop. A Jones singled to left. J Francoeur grounded out
to third, A Jones to second. B McCann struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) ATLANTA 1, CHICAGO CUBS 10.</div>

 

Minus Piniella, Cubs snap seven-game losing skid

<h3>CHICAGO CUBS 10, ATLANTA 1</h3>CHICAGO (Ticker) -- Finally, some good news for the ChicagoCubs.

Playing without their manager Lou Piniella, who was suspendedindefinitely by Major League Baseball on Sunday, the Cubs haltedtheir seven-game losing streak with a 10-1 victory over theAtlanta Braves.

Mark DeRosa hit a first-inning grand slam and Sean Marshallpicked up his first win of the season for Chicago, which snappeda seven-game losing streak.

One day after catcher Michael Barrett and righthander CarlosZambrano engaged in a shoving match that spilled over into aclubhouse brawl, Piniella was ejected arguing an out call atthird base in Saturday's loss to the Braves.

With bench coach Alan Trammell managing in Piniella's absence,consecutive singles by Felix Pie, Derrek Lee and Aramis Ramirezloaded the bases in the first against Lance Cormier. JacqueJones grounded into a fielder's choice for the second out of theinning, but DeRosa followed with a shot over the center fieldwall for his sixth homer of the season.

Alfonso Soriano added his sixth homer of the season - all soloshots - in the second inning and Lee added his sixthround-tripper of the season in the third inning with the basesempty to make it 6-0.

The Cubs increased their lead to 9-0 in the fifth. Sorianotripled to lead off the inning, and Pie doubled him home,chasing Cormier.

In his first appearance since suffering from a strained righttriceps muscle to start the year, Cormier (0-1) took the loss.The righthander allowed eight runs on eight hits, walking oneand striking just a single batter.

Oscar Villarreal relieved Cormier and Lee greeted him with asingle to center. After an out, Jones singled to left field,scoring Pie. Lee later scored on a sacrifice fly by DeRosa.

The Braves scored their lone run in the seventh inning when MattDiaz singled home Jeff Francouer.

Ryan Theriot scored Chicago's final run in the eighth inning ona throwing error by Braves catcher rookie Jarrod Saltalamacchia.

Marshall (1-2) took advantage of the run support to earn hisfirst win of the season. The lefthander allowed one run on sixhits and one walk in 6 2/3 innings while striking out acareer-high eight batters.

Carlos Marmol and Ryan Dempster pitched the final 2 1/3 inningsto finish out the win.

Lee had three hits for the Cubs, while Soriano, Pie and Jonesadded two hits apiece.

Kelly Johnson had two hits for Atlanta.

 

Minus Piniella, Cubs snap seven-game losing skid

<h3>CHICAGO CUBS 10, ATLANTA 1</h3>CHICAGO (Ticker) -- Finally, some good news for the ChicagoCubs.

Playing without their manager Lou Piniella, who was suspendedindefinitely by Major League Baseball on Sunday, the Cubs haltedtheir seven-game losing streak with a 10-1 victory over theAtlanta Braves.

Mark DeRosa hit a first-inning grand slam and Sean Marshallpicked up his first win of the season for Chicago, which snappeda seven-game losing streak.

"He (Lance Cormier) threw me a cutter on 2-2, and with the basesloaded I knew I wouldn't see anything off-speed," said DeRosa. "Ijust tried to stay through the pitch and got it up in the air.This was a big moment for me."

One day after catcher Michael Barrett and righthander CarlosZambrano engaged in a shoving match that spilled over into aclubhouse brawl, Piniella was ejected arguing an out call atthird base in Saturday's loss to the Braves.

With bench coach Alan Trammell managing in Piniella's absence,consecutive singles by Felix Pie, Derrek Lee and Aramis Ramirezloaded the bases in the first against Lance Cormier. JacqueJones grounded into a fielder's choice for the second out of theinning, but DeRosa followed with a shot over the center fieldwall for his sixth homer of the season.

"You couldn't have scripted this any better," Trammell said. "Agrand slam in the first, then we added on. This is just whatwe needed to stop it (losing streak), any way we could."

Alfonso Soriano added his sixth homer of the season - all soloshots - in the second inning and Lee added his sixthround-tripper of the season in the third inning with the basesempty to make it 6-0.

The Cubs increased their lead to 9-0 in the fifth. Sorianotripled to lead off the inning, and Pie doubled him home,chasing Cormier.

"This was a real important game for our team," Soriano said. "Allthe hitters looked very relaxed today. The pressure on us seemsto be gone."

In his first appearance since suffering from a strained righttriceps muscle to start the year, Cormier (0-1) took the loss.The righthander allowed eight runs on eight hits, walking oneand striking just a single batter.

"I am not going to chalk this up to rust because there was norust factor," Cormier said. "Some days you have your stuff and somedays you don't. Today I didn't have it."

Oscar Villarreal relieved Cormier and Lee greeted him with asingle to center. After an out, Jones singled to left field,scoring Pie. Lee later scored on a sacrifice fly by DeRosa.

The Braves scored their lone run in the seventh inning when MattDiaz singled home Jeff Francouer.

"We really didn't hit Marshall at all today," Braves manager BobbyCox said. "He had a great breaking ball all day long, he was hardto hit."

Ryan Theriot scored Chicago's final run in the eighth inning ona throwing error by Braves catcher rookie Jarrod Saltalamacchia.

Marshall (1-2) took advantage of the run support to earn hisfirst win of the season. The lefthander allowed one run on sixhits and one walk in 6 2/3 innings while striking out acareer-high eight batters.

"It was good to get the run support early," Marshall said. "I wasable to settle down and just pitch my game. Hopefully theguys can go on a long winning streak now."

Carlos Marmol and Ryan Dempster pitched the final 2 1/3 inningsto finish out the win.

Lee had three hits for the Cubs, while Soriano, Pie and Jonesadded two hits apiece.

Kelly Johnson had two hits for Atlanta.