Rockies defeat Cubs 5‑2 behind Castaño, Hill

CHICAGO (Interstat) — Blas Castaño earned his first win in relief and Jaden Hill recorded his first save as the Colorado Rockies defeated the Chicago Cubs 5-2 on Tuesday at Wrigley Field.

Colorado scored three runs in the fourth inning on Willi Castro’s RBI double and TJ Rumfield’s two-run homer. The Rockies added two more in the fifth, including an RBI groundout by Castro. Ryan Feltner started for Colorado, striking out seven over 4 2/3 innings while allowing six hits and two earned runs.

Edward Cabrera took the loss, allowing five earned runs on three hits over 4 1/3 innings. The Cubs scored single runs in the first and second innings but managed only seven hits overall.

Castaño (1-0) pitched 1 1/3 hitless innings. Hill worked a scoreless ninth for his first save. Rumfield went 1 for 4 with the homer and two RBIs. Castro finished 1 for 3 with two RBIs.

The Rockies improved to 28-46, while the Cubs fell to 38-36. Attendance was 35,183, and the game lasted 2 hours, 55 minutes.