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Wada nabs first win as Cubs down Rockies

Chicago,  IL (SportsNetwork.com) - Tsuyoshi Wada pitched seven innings to lead 
the  Chicago Cubs to  a 4-1 win over the Colorado Rockies to begin a four-game 
series. 

Wada  (1-1) notched his  first career win after giving up just one run on five 
hits  with  a walk and six  strikeouts in seven  innings for the Cubs, who had 
lost four of five coming in. Anthony Rizzo drove in two in the win. 

"I  thought he  had a  really good  mix of  pitches out  there," said  Chicago 
manager  Rick Renteria  about Wada. "He was using his fastball effectively and 
his secondary pitches were locating really well." 

Yohan  Flande (0-3) is still looking for his first win after allowing two runs 
on four hits in 6 2/3 innings for the Rockies, who have lost their past two. 

"He  did an outstanding job for us tonight," said Colorado manager Walt Weiss. 
"He  went  deep in  the game  and that helped  because our  bullpen is kind of 
banged up right now." 

The  game stayed scoreless until the fourth inning as Emilio Bonifacio singled 
and  Arismendy Alcantara followed with a double. Rizzo's groundout plated one, 
and a sacrifice fly from Justin Ruggiano scored the second for a 2-0 lead. 

Colorado  had  left a  man on  second in  the third  and fifth innings, before 
finally pushing a run through in the sixth. 

With  one out, back-to-back singles from Charlie Blackmon and DJ LeMahieu left 
runners  at the corners  before a single to center from Nolan Arenado with two 
outs  made it  a one-run game. Wilin  Rosario followed with a groundout to end 
the inning. 

Brandon  Barnes  led off with a  walk in the  seventh for the Rockies, but Ben 
Paulsen  hit into a  double play and Charlie Culberson followed with a fly out 
to end the frame. 

Chicago  put  the game away  in the  eighth as John  Baker scored on an errant 
pickoff  throw  from Nick Masset with  runners on the corners, and Rizzo added 
an RBI single later in the inning. 

Game Notes 

Colorado  was  just 1-for-8 with runners  in scoring position as the team left 
five men on base ... Chicago and Colorado split six meetings last season.

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