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"You try to stay more on top of the ball, hit more line drives because anything in the air is going to get held up."
Volstad gave up six runs, five earned, on seven hits over five innings. He was lifted for pinch-hitter Blake DeWitt in the fifth. DeWitt doubled and came around to score on Darwin Barney's groundout to cut the Reds' lead to 6-3.
"(The first inning) put me in a huge hole, put the team in a big hole," said Volstad. "That's not the momentum you want to put the team in right off the bat."
The Reds added a run in the eighth inning on Stubbs' single to score Devin Mesoraco, and on a ninth-inning pinch-hit triple by Todd Frazier.
Mesoraco finished 2 for 3 with two runs scored.
Aroldis Chapman struck out a pair in a scoreless eighth, and Jose Arredondo pitched a flawless ninth to close the door.
Bryan LaHair had two more hits for the Cubs. He's batting .375 on the year and has a base hit in every game he's started.
NOTES: The Cubs placed RHP Kerry Wood (right shoulder fatigue) on the 15-day disabled list and recalled LHP Scott Maine from Triple-A Iowa . Brandon Phillips was held out of the lineup due to the cold weather and lingering hamstring soreness . Ryan Dempster (strained right quad) is questionable for his start on Sunday. RHP Randy Wells will be recalled from Iowa if Dempster is unable to go. . Paul Maholm takes the mound for the Cubs on Saturday in the second game of the series against Mike Leake. Both are in search of their first win of the season.
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