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Baez homers, drives in 5 as Cubs rout Padres 11-6

SAN DIEGO -- All-Star slugger Javier Baez hit a three-run home run and drove in five, Kyle Schwarber and Ian Happ also went deep and the NL Central-leading Chicago Cubs beat the San Diego Padres 11-6 on Saturday night.

Baez, voted to start at second base in his first All-Star Game, hit a no-doubt shot to right-center field off Phil Hughes in the ninth inning, and the thousands of Cubs fans at Petco Park chanted "Javy! Javy! Javy!" as the 25-year-old from Puerto Rico rounded the bases.