Diamondbacks Pound Maholm, Beat Cubs 10-5

June 24, 2012 12:00 AM
Diamondbacks Pound Maholm, Beat Cubs 10-5
" PHOENIX (AP) - David DeJesus and Starlin Castro, the top two players in the Chicago Cubs’ batting order, had four hits apiece on Saturday night.

And neither table-setter scored.

“We need to get everybody together to score runs,” Castro said. “We need everyone to do their job. Two guys did their job, you can’t win. David and me got four hits, that was not enough.”

The three players directly after them — Bryan LaHair, Alfonso Soriano and Luis Valbuena — were a combined 1 for 14. Combine that with a rough outing by Paul Maholm, and the Cubs dropped a 10-5 decision to the Arizona Diamondbacks.

“LaHair had a tough night, left a lot of people out there,” Cubs manager Dale Sveum said. “We got to get better with men in scoring position. That is the bottom line. We had a lot of opportunities, and (Steve) Clevenger came up with the big hit, but other than that we pecked away "

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