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 Arrieta improved to 5-0 while giving up one run, three hits and
four walks and striking out six in a five-inning outing.
Brewers right-hander Taylor Jungmann (0-4) suffered his fourth loss
in five starts after a 4 2/3 inning effort.
Coming off a no-hit performance last Thursday at Cincinnati, Arrieta
ended any suspense about when he would give up a hit as Brewers
leadoff batter Jonathan Villar singled to shallow left on the game's
fifth pitch.
Arrieta got into an immediate jam by loading the bases with one out
-- including back-to-back walks -- but escaped unscathed after
striking out Chris Carter and Kirk Nieuwenhuis on third strike
swings.
The Cubs replied by loading the bases in the bottom of the second
and scoring two runs on Ben Zobrist’s single to right that scored
Dexter Fowler and Kris Bryant.
Chicago catcher David Ross made it 3-0 in the second, sending
Jungmann’s 3-2 pitch past the left field bleachers and onto Waveland
Avenue for his second home run of the season.
 The Cubs hit Jungmann for two more runs in the third. Anthony
Rizzo's no-out double
in the third drove in Bryant from first base and Tommy La Stella
brought Rizzo home
with a one-out double to deep left.
Jungmann departed with two outs in the fifth and the bases loaded.
He was replaced by left-hander Chris Capuano, who coaxed Zobrist
into an inning-ending popup.
Jungmann worked 3 2/3 innings, allowing five earned runs and six
hits. He walked three, struck out two and hit two batters.
Arrieta gave up back-to-back hits in the fifth, including a two-out
double to Alex Presley that scored Villar from second and cut the
Cubs' lead to 5-1. The run snapped
Arrieta's 52 2/3-inning scoreless streak at Wrigley Field, the
second longest in Major League history at a home ballpark since
1900.
Arrieta was pulled for a pinch-hitter in the fifth. It was his
shortest outing since working five innings on June 16, 2015, in a
6-0 Cubs loss to Cleveland.
The Cubs made it 6-1 in the fifth when La Stella scored from third
on Fowler's fielder's-choice grounder. They made it 7-1 the next
inning off reliever Sam Freeman on Addison Russell’s fielder’s
choice groundout to short that scored Javier Baez.
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Zobrist went 2-for-5 to lead the Cubs and Villar paced the Brewers
with two hits.
Bryant departed in the fifth for evaluation after rolling his right
ankle while running the bases in the third inning. His condition was
not immediately known.
NOTES: The Brewers placed 2B Scooter Gennett on the 15-day disabled
list with right oblique tightness, retroactive to April 25. In turn,
Milwaukee selected the contract of INF Hernan Perez from Triple-A
Colorado Springs. ... Milwaukee also moved RHP Matt Garza to the
60-day disabled list to make room for Perez on the 40-man roster.
... Wednesday's postponement was the first for either team this
season. No makeup date has been announced although the teams have a
mutual open date on Aug. 15 prior to a three-game series at Wrigley
Field. ... Brewers RHP Zach Davies (0-2, 9.72 ERA) moved back a day
with the postponement and will take the mound Friday against Miami
LHP Adam Conley (0-1, 5.12 ERA) as Milwaukee opens a six-game
homestand. ... The Cubs placed C Miguel Montero on the 15-day
disabled list prior to the game and retroactive to April 25 with
lower back tightness. They selected C Tim Federowicz from Triple-A
Iowa to fill Montero's spot. The Cubs remain home as they host the
Braves in a three-game series starting Friday. LHP Jon Lester (2-1,
1.98 ERA) meets Atlanta RHP Aaron Blair (0-1, 5.06 ERA). ... The
Cubs are in a stretch of 15 of 18 games at Wrigley Field, broken
only by a three-game trip to Pittsburgh from May 2 to May 4.
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