Times wires
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Cubs 7, Marlins 5
MIAMI — Marlon Byrd hit a tiebreaking solo homer in the eighth, and the Cubs ended a three-game skid. Reed Johnson hit his third career pinch-hit homer for the Cubs to tie it at 5 in the sixth. They took the lead on Byrd's second homer against Edward Mujica leading off the eighth.