Afternoon Box Score: Cubs Eke Past Dodgers

By Marcus Gilmer in News on May 29, 2009 9:20PM

A pitcher's duel broke out at Wrigley today as L.A.'s Chad Billingsley and Ted Lilly pitched six scoreless innings each before both teams scored in the seventh. Ultimately, the Cubs got all the runs they needed that inning on their way to a 2-1 win over the Dodgers. In the top of the seventh, Matt Kemp got the Dodgers on the board with a solo home run, but on the first pitch of the bottom half of the inning, Koyie Hill evened things up with a solo shot of his own; later in the inning Fukudome would sac-fly in Jake Fox for the go-ahead (and winning) run. Lilly had a stellar outing, giving up only four hits and the single run while striking out five over seven complete innings; Marmol had a scoreless eighth and Kevin Gregg pitched a scoreless ninth for the save after a scare. It's the Cubs' third win in four games since snapping their season-long eight game losing streak. The two teams do it again tomorrow at 3:10, televised on FOX.