Cubs' early lead holds up in win over Rockies

Frank Schwindel homered, Jonathan Villar, Nick Madrigal and Yan Gomes each had two hits and scored as the Chicago Cubs beat the Colorado Rockies 5-2 in Denver on Thursday night.

Keegan Thompson (1-0) tossed 3 1/3 innings of scoreless relief and Mychal Givens picked up his first save for the Cubs.

Kris Bryant, C.J. Cron, Yonathan Daza and Connor Joe had two hits each for Colorado.

Chicago wasted no time in getting to Ro