Turning point: After driving in a run with a single to tie the game at 4 with two out in the sixth, Ryan Theriot broke for second on a pitch out. Shortstop Troy Tulowitzki tagged Theriot but while doing so, the ball came loose, fell to the ground and second base umpire Jim Reynolds called Theriot safe. Milton Bradley followed with a single that put the Cubs ahead 5-4, and they added what proved to be the winning run in the seventh when Kosuke Fukudome homered against Jhoulys Chacin.

At the plate: Omar Quintanilla, starting at second base for the second consecutive game, saved a run with a leaping catch of Geovany Soto’s line drive and doubled Alfonso Soriano off second base to end the second. Quintanilla, who entered the game 6-for-40 this season, singled home two runs with two out to complete a four-run fourth. Quintanilla did not have an RBI prior to that hit and snapped a streak of 55 at-bats, including 41 this season, without an RBI…Clint Barmes, who entered the game on a double-switch in the seventh, homered in that inning to cut the Cubs lead to 6-5 and lined to left to open the ninth. ….Todd Helton went 2-for-4, extending his season-best hitting streak to 13 games. It’s the longest hitting streak by a Rockies player and the longest for Helton since his 13-game hitting streak Sept. 13-26, 2005 …Brad Hawpe singled twice and struck twice in four at-bats, driving home a run in the fourth. …Carlos Gonzalez went 2-for-5 and is 16-for-38 (.421) in the second half. …Derrek Lee homered with one out in the fifth, his 23rd home run of the season and the fifth of his career off Jason Marquis …Fukodome went 2-for-4, driving in two runs with his ninth homer and an RBI double in the fourth. ….Moved to the leadoff spot, Theriot went 3-for-5 with one run scored and one RBI.

On the mound: Marquis made his third unsuccessful attempt for his 13th victory and lost his second straight decision. He issued a season-high five walks in six innings, four coming in the fourth when he walked three straight batters with two out, including pitcher Ryan Dempster with the bases loaded. …Chacin had started his big league career with three straight scoreless appearances totaling three innings before giving up Fukudome’s homer with two out in the seventh. That was the only ball hit to the outfield against Chacin, who struck out four of the seven hitters he faced in two innings and got two ground-ball outs. …Ryan Dempster broke a four-game road losing streak dating to April 29 as he allowed five runs, two earned, and nine hits in six innings, leaving after surrendering Barmes’ homer to open the seventh.

Numbers game: 1,199 career runs scored for Helton, the all-time Rockies leader in that category and one of 13 active players to score at least 1,200 runs.

He said it: “It looked to be like he was trying to be ultra-fine. He was trying to make perfect pitches with every pitch…But he battled.”
Manager Jim Tracy on Marquis