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Yelich and Wong each had three of Milwaukee's 16 hits. Mitchell,
in his second career at-bat, singled to center in the fourth,
giving the Brewers a 3-2 lead and helping them win their first
series of at least three games since July 29-31.
Meanwhile, Nico Hoerner clubbed a two-run home run for one of
his three hits as Chicago dropped to 3-6 since winning five
straight. Franmil Reyes got the Cubs within two with his two-run
homer in the ninth, and they had the tying run at plate when
Milwaukee's Devin Williams (nine saves) fanned Yan Gomes and got
Willson Contreras to bounce into a double play.
After falling 7-0 on Saturday, the Cubs didn't waste time
getting to Brewers starter Eric Lauer (10-5) with Hoerner's RBI
single in the first. Chicago went up 2-0 in the second on Seiya
Suzuki's run-scoring single.
Milwaukee, though, needed just two innings to erase that
deficit. Hunter Renfroe's RBI double in the third made it a 2-1
game against Chicago starter Adrian Sampson, who allowed four
other hits and a walk while striking out two in just 3 1/3
innings.
Milwaukee broke things open in the fourth, thanks to three
straight singles and Yelich's second homer in consecutive days,
this time off Cubs reliever Sean Newcomb (2-1).
However, Chicago made it 5-4 in the fifth on Hoerner's two-run
homer over the wall in the left-field corner against Lauer. The
left-hander allowed four runs on six hits and four walks while
striking out four in five innings.
The Brewers regained their three-run edge when Wong went deep
with a man on against Newcomb in the bottom of the fifth.
Renfroe and Keston Hiura each added an RBI single in the sixth
for Milwaukee, which won back-to-back home games for the first
time since Aug. 9-10.
--Field Level Media
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