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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Chi. Cubs 6, Arizona 4
When: 9:40 PM ET, Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Where: Chase Field, Phoenix, Arizona
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Lance Barksdale, 1B - Ed Rapuano, 2B - Tom Hallion, 3B - Ron Kulpa
Attendance: 20067
Aramis Ramirez hit two home runs to lift the Chicago Cubs to a 6-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday.

Ramirez connected for a two-run shot in the sixth to put the Cubs ahead 3-1. He added another two-run blast in the eighth to extend Chicago's lead to 6-2.

Ramirez finished 2-for-4 with four RBIs and two runs scored in his first multi-homer game of the season.

Kosuke Fukudome homered for the second straight game as well for Chicago, which has won three of its last four games.

Carlos Silva (9-2) allowed two runs and four hits in six innings to pick up the win. Carlos Marmol recorded the final five outs, allowing a hit and striking out five to earn his 16th save of the season.

Barry Enright (1-1) was tagged with the loss. He yielded three runs and seven hits in 5 2/3 innings with a walk and five strikeouts.

Kelly Johnson went 2-for-4 with a home run for the Diamondbacks.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Chi. Cubs   Arizona
Carlos Silva Player Barry Enright
Win W/L Loss
6.0 IP 5.2
3 Strikeouts 5
4 Hits 7
3.00 ERA 4.76
Hitting
Chi. Cubs   Arizona
Aramis Ramirez Player Kelly Johnson
2 Hits 2
4 RBI 2
2 HR 1
8 TB 5
.500 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Chi. Cubs 11 3 25 .306 11 10 6 3 0 1
Arizona 7 1 12 .206 12 10 4 1 0 0