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The Cubs won their third straight. They
captured the final two contests of their opening series against
the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates after losing the first game.
The Brewers, who beat Minnesota on Opening Day, have lost three
straight since then.
Signed by the Cubs as a free agent shortly before spring
training, Williams (1-0) blanked the Brewers on one hit over the
first six innings before getting lifted two batters into the
seventh.
He retired the first 15 batters he faced before Omar Narvaez led
off the sixth with an infield single.
Leading 4-0, Williams escaped a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the
sixth, but he was pulled in the seventh after walking Christian
Yelich and allowing a single to Avisail Garcia.
Jason Adam came on to retire the first two batters he faced, but
then he served up a three-run homer to Narvaez that trimmed the
Chicago lead to one.
Eric Sogard's RBI triple in the bottom of the seventh gave the
Cubs some breathing room at 5-3, and Chicago relievers Andrew
Chafin and Alec Mills slammed the door by retiring all seven men
they faced over the final 2 1/3 innings.
Mills was credited with his first save. Williams was charged
with two runs on two hits in six-plus innings. He walked two and
struck out six.
Left-hander Brett Anderson (0-1) took the loss for the Brewers.
He allowed four runs on four hits over five innings, with one
walk and four strikeouts.
All four runs off Anderson crossed the plate in the fourth, when
Contreras followed a walk to Ian Happ with his first homer of
the season.
After Anderson retired the next two batters, Baez and Bote went
back-to-back to make it 4-0. Each homer was his first of the
season.
With his infield single and homer, Narvaez was the only player
with multiple hits. The teams had nine hits between them.
--Field Level Media
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