Game Five -- Andrew Cashner, newly anointed 5th starter for your Chicago Cubs, took the mound only to leave after five and a third innings with a sore shoulder. From there it was up to the bullpen...a bullpen that manager Mike Quade was trying to avoid using Kerry Wood and Carolos Marmol for a fourth straight game.
Tyler Colvin put the Cubs up 4-1 with a two run home run in the third. But, the Diamondbacks got to the bullpen when they scored 3 runs in the top of the 7th. Thanks to some bad pitching and James Russell allowing all three of his inherited runners to score the Cubs found themselves tied going into the bottom half of the inning but put a 2 spot on the board to go up 6-4.
With Wood and Marmol unavailable, Quade turned to Sean Marshall to get the side out in the 9th for the save. Marshall came through to notch his third career save and give the Cubs a series victory and a chance at the sweep on Wednesday.
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