Miami Marlins vs Chicago Cubs Match Player Stats On Jun 06, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Jun 6, 2017

CHICAGO -- Anthony Rizzo went 2-for-5 with a homer and four RBIs while starting pitcher Jake Arrieta turned in his sixth quality start as the Chicago Cubs beat the Miami Marlins 10-2 on Tuesday.

Arrieta (6-4) allowed just two hits, his fewest of the season, and retired 16 straight batters for his first victory since May 21.

Winners of five straight, the Cubs (30-27) go for their second straight series sweep in Wednesday's series finale. The Marlins (24-33) suffered their second consecutive loss.

Rizzo clubbed his 13th home run of the season in a four-run fifth as the Cubs erased an early Marlins advantage.

The Marlins got one run back in the seventh when Arrieta gave up a leadoff triple to J.T. Realmuto, who then scored on shortstop Addison Russell's error on JT Riddle's grounder.

The Cubs added six more runs in their half of the seventh, all eventually charged to Marlins reliever Brian Ellington.

Kris Bryant opened the inning with a double to left and scored on Rizzo's single to right-center.

Jason Heyward, who went 3-for-5, had a one-out double to drive in Rizzo for a 6-2 lead. After an Albert Almora Jr. single to center, Javier Baez plated Heyward and Almora with a one-out double to left.

Ellington walked pinch hitter Ian Happ and departed. Jon Jay greeted reliever Dustin McGowan with a sharp single to left to bring in Jay and Happ to make it 10-2.

Arrieta pitched six-plus innings and was charged with two runs (one earned) on two hits. He struck out five and walked three.

Marlins left-hander Jeff Locke (0-1) took the loss after working 4 2/3 innings.

The Marlins opened scoring in the first as Giancarlo Stanton singled to center with one out and reached third after back-to-back walks to Christian Yelich and Marcell Ozuma. Stanton scored on Realmuto's fielder's choice grounder to short.

The Cubs had runners at first and second with none out in the second but came up empty.

But they hit pay dirt with a four-run fifth as Rizzo clubbed his 13th homer of the season, a 1-0 shot off Locke to the right field bleachers for a 3-1 lead. He drove in Jay and Bryant after they walked with two out.

Willson Contreras reached base on an error by shortstop Riddle and Heyward delivered his second hit of the night -- a double to deep right center -- to drive in Contreras and make it 4-1.

That was it for Locke, who threw 89 pitches and was replaced by right-handed reliever Brad Ziegler. Locke allowed four runs (three earned), four hits, four walks and struck out three in 4 2/3 innings.

The teams contended with windy conditions for the second straight night, this time with 15 mph from the north that didn't let up even as the sun set.

It was 67 degrees at gametime Tuesday, an improvement from Monday, when the temperature started at 60 and slipped into the upper 50s.

NOTES: Justin Bour, the NL's home run co-leader with 16, was placed on the 10-day disabled list with a left ankle contusion on Tuesday. The Marlins, in turn, called up C Tomas Tells from Triple-A New Orleans. ... Miami is hitting .275 on the road, best in the NL and second only to Houston (.290) in the major leagues. ... The Marlins send RHP Jose Urena (0-1, 1.59 ERA) against Cubs RHP John Lackey (4-5, 4.90 ERA) in Wednesday's series finale. ... Cubs manager Joe Maddon continued his leadoff batter shuffling on Tuesday with Jon Jay in the top spot for the fourth time this season. Six different Cubs have led off this year. ... Jay has the NL's second-highest average as a pinch-hitter (.450). ... The Cubs reactivated reliever Wade Davis from the paternity list on Tuesday after a one-day stay and optioned RHP Dylan Floro to Triple-A Iowa.