Times wires
Monday, April 11, 2011
Cubs 5, Astros 4
HOUSTON — Starlin Castro, Darwin Barney and Marlon Byrd combined for seven hits, five runs and three RBIs, and the Cubs held on. Castro had three hits and three runs, Byrd drove in two and Barney hit an RBI triple as Chicago built a 5-0 lead by the fourth inning. Alfonso Soriano drove in two runs with a double in the first.