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Rowdy Tellez had the only other hit, an RBI double, for the NL
Central-leading Brewers, who earned a 7-6 victory in Game 1 and
have won three straight.
Ashby (1-3) allowed two hits, two walks and only Willson
Contreras' homer through six. However, three consecutive Chicago
singles -- two on the infield -- to open the seventh loaded the
bases and ended the left-hander's night.
Brad Boxberger entered and fanned Nico Hoerner and got Andrelton
Simmons to bounce into an inning-ending 5-2-3 double play,
preserving Ashby's first win of 2022. His 12 strikeouts are the
most versus Chicago since teammate Corbin Burnes fanned 15 on
Aug. 11, 2021.
Milwaukee's Josh Hader extended his scoreless stretch to 39
games -- dating to Aug. 1, 2021 -- by recording a perfect ninth
for his 18th save of the season and second of the day.
Chicago starter Drew Smyly allowed a walk and struck out three
over three hitless innings, but he didn't come out for the
fourth due to right oblique soreness. Anderson Espinoza (0-1)
came on in his major league debut for the Cubs, and three
batters into the fourth, he gave up Tellez's run-scoring hit
into the right field corner.
However, Contreras (two hits) tied the game at 1 in the bottom
of the fourth with a blast over the left field bleachers for
Chicago's first hit. The Brewers went ahead 2-1 when ex-Cub
Caratini took Espinoza just over the left-center-field basket in
the fifth.
Espinoza yielded those two runs on two hits, walked three and
hit two batters while striking out six over four innings for the
Cubs, who have dropped three straight and five of six while
being swept in a doubleheader for the second time this month.
Chicago has also lost six of seven at home, where it's a dismal
7-17.
Taylor's second homer of the day led off the eighth.
--Field Level Media
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