Reed and the Kids Grind Out a Win - Cubs 11 Giants 4

Game Thirty-Seven - Cubs 11 Giants 4 WP - Ryan Dempster (2-4) LP - Madison Bumgarner (0-6) Save - None The Cubs began the weekend against the defending World Series Champions with a win ... in a game that was much closer than the final score. Ryan Dempster put together his third straight quality start after giving up a run in the first inning. Dempster struck out a season-high 11 batters, just one off his career high set on May 15, 2008. Dempster threw strikes but ran up his pitch count and had to leave after the sixth. Dempster gave up two runs on six hits with a walk to go along with the 11 strikeouts. Dempster tossed 114 pitches, 73 for strikes, and put himself in position to win his first game at Wrigley since August 4, 2010. The Cubs scored their first three runs in the second inning on a safety squeeze bunt by Koyie Hill and two, two-out RBI singles by Starlin Castro and Darwin Barney ... following a Ryan Dempster walk. Dempster made the three runs hold up and turned the ga...