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Greinke, the 2009 AL Cy Young winner who was traded from Kansas City in the offsesason, extended his franchise-best home start. He has a 2.96 ERA over 12 starts at Miller Park, all wins for the Brewers.
Milwaukee won for a major-league best 50th time at home this season.
"That's a lot of wins. Yeah, the guys continue to play well here," Roenicke said. "Started again with great pitching from Zack."
Just like the day before, the Brewers scored in the first against the Cubs.
Hart extended his hitting streak to 11 games with a single, reached second on a sacrifice bunt and scored on Ryan Braun's double.
Greinke's steal came when Cubs starter Casey Coleman (2-7) never looked over at him. Hart reached safely for the 10th straight plate appearance with his home run to left.
Greinke struck out seven and walked two.
"Fastball command was pretty good, but changeup was as good as it's been and the curve and slider were usable," Greinke said. "They hit a lot toward our guys, and that made it easier."
It was another dismal series in Milwaukee for the Cubs, who won their first game at Miller Park this season and lost the final eight. Ramirez's 16-game hitting streak and Starlin Castro's career-high 11-game streak ended, but Cubs manager Mike Quade didn't see much of it. He was ejected by plate umpire Bill Miller after Ramirez struck out in the first.
"I wanted to make sure (Ramirez) didn't get thrown out," Quade said. "I didn't want to get thrown out myself. Rammy rarely says anything so I just wanted to make sure that Bill wasn't upset with him, to make sure we had him for nine innings."
NOTES: According to STATS LLC, Greinke joined Cliff Lee of the Phillies and Ted Lilly of the Dodgers as the only pitchers with stolen bases this season. ... The Brewers have a day off Monday before facing the Cardinals. Brewers RHP Shaun Marcum (11-4, 3.38 ERA) is expected to face RHP Edwin Jackson (3-2, 3.99) in the opener. ... The Cubs open a three-game series in San Francisco on Monday. Cubs RHP Randy Wells (5-4, 5.53) will take the mound against Tim Lincecum (12-10, 2.46).
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