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11:43 PM, Aug 6, 2012   |    comments
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San Diego, CA (Sports Network) - Eric Stults and four other pitchers combined in a five-hit shutout as the San Diego Padres edged the Chicago Cubs, 2-0, in the opener of a three-game series.

Stults (2-2) gave up five hits and two walks along with five strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings while Brad Brach, Dale Thayer, Luke Gregerson and Huston Street retired the final 11 batters.

Yonder Alonso and Everth Cabrera each drove in a run for the Padres, who have won three of four.

Welington Castillo had two hits for the Cubs, who have dropped six straight. Travis Wood (4-8) dropped his fifth straight start despite giving up just two runs on five hits over six innings.

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