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The Brewers won their third consecutive series
as they took two of three from Chicago for the second time in
the span of a week.
The Cubs lost for the sixth time in the past eight games.
Milwaukee got things going early against Jake Arietta (2-1),
scoring two runs in the bottom of the first.
Jackie Bradley Jr. led off with a double and scored the game's
first run on a one-out single from Shaw.
After Avi Garcia doubled, Shaw came home to make it 2-0 on a
deep sacrifice fly to left from Omar Narvaez.
Arrieta got out of the first by striking out Keston Hiura, but
the damage was done as Burnes finally had a lead.
Burnes (1-1) gave the Brewers another fantastic start going six
innings, giving up two hits and no walks.
In three starts this season, Burnes has given up just one run
off four hits in 18 1/3 innings with 30 strikeouts.
Shaw made it a 3-0 game in the third with a two-out home run
into the centerfield bullpen.
Arietta went five innings and allowed four hits with five
strikeouts and one walk.
Chicago replaced Arietta in the sixth with Shelby Miller, the
30-year-old who signed a minor league deal in the offseason and
had been promoted from the alternate site on Wednesday.
Miller's first major league appearance since 2019 did not go
well as he gave up a pair of singles then walked the next three.
With the bases loaded and no outs, Shelby walked Billy McKinney
to make it 4-0, then walked Luis Urias before being pulled.
Justin Steele came in and promptly gave up a two-run single to
Burnes, who gave the Brewers a 7-0 lead.
Since Burnes batted, it appeared he was going back to pitch the
seventh. But after Milwaukee broke it open with that four-run
sixth, Burnes was given the rest of the day off.
--Field Level Media
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