Chicago Cubs vs Miami Marlins Match Player Stats On Jun 22, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Jun 22, 2017

MIAMI -- Former Cy Young winner Jake Arrieta turned in a vintage all-around performance and Kris Bryant crushed a three-run homer to lead the Chicago Cubs to an 11-1 win over the Miami Marlins on Thursday night at Marlins Park.

It was Bryant's 16th homer of the season, and it propelled the Cubs (37-35) to their fourth win in their past five games.

Arrieta, the 2015 National League Cy Young winner and an All-Star and World Series champ last year, picked up the win to improve to 7-5 in what has been a down year for him. He allowed six hits, no walks and one run in seven innings.

Offensively, Arrieta went 2-for-4 with one run scored and one RBI, helping spark two rallies.

Other Cubs heroes included Wilson Contreras, who hit a two-run homer, and Addison Russell and Ian Happ, who each went 4-for-5 with two RBIs.

Chicago's Mark Zagunis made his major-league debut, starting in right field and batting ninth. He got an RBI in his first at-bat, grounding out to shortstop. He finished 0-for-5.

Marcell Ozuna hit his 20th homer of the season, a solo shot, to lead Miami (32-39).

Marlins starter Jeff Locke (0-3) has yet to win during his brief career in Miami. He lasted four innings, allowing seven hits, three walks and five runs.

Chicago got to Locke in the second inning. Russell and Happ singled, and Javier Baez was walked intentionally with one out. That set up Arrieta (infield single) and Zagunis (groundout) for their RBIs.

Ozuna's leadoff homer in the bottom of the second cut Miami's deficit to 2-1. He hit a 3-0 pitch to left-center field.

Chicago took a 5-1 lead when Bryant's blast was preceded by Arrieta's single and a two-out, four-pitch walk to Anthony Rizzo.

Russell gave Chicago a 6-1 advantage with a solo homer in the fifth, his seventh long ball of the season.

NOTES: This was the start of an 11-game road trip for Chicago. ... Cubs OF Kyle Schwarber, who hit .412 in five World Series games last year and was thought to be a rising offensive star, was optioned to Triple-A Iowa after hitting just .171 in 64 games. ... Chicago placed OF Jason Heyward (abrasion on left hand) on the disabled list retroactive to Monday. ... Chicago called up OF Mark Zagunis and RHP Dylan Floro from Triple-A Iowa. ... Chicago signed LHP Brendon Little, the 27th overall pick in this year's draft who got a $2.2 million bonus. ... Miami placed RHP Brad Ziegler (back strain) on the disabled list and activated RHP Junichi Tazawa (ribs). ... Wednesday was the ninth time in franchise history that the Marlins had been held hitless through seven innings. It was also the first of those nine games that the Marlins won.