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After Milwaukee's Jace Peterson was thrown out at the plate by
Chicago second baseman Nick Madrigal in the top of the 10th,
Morel flied out deep enough to left field off Hoby Milner (2-1)
to knock in Jason Heyward from third.
The Cubs earned their second straight win and gained a four-game
series split with the NL Central-leading Brewers. Willson
Contreras had two hits with an RBI for Chicago, which won
back-to-back home games for the first time since May 16-17.
Peterson recorded two doubles, a triple with an RBI for
Milwaukee, which finished 6-5 on an 11-game trip.
Making his major league debut, the Brewers' Jason Alexander
endured a rough first inning, when he issued all three of his
walks and allowed two runs. However, he settled down, retired
nine straight batters during one stretch and finished seven
innings. Alexander yielded three runs and seven hits while
striking out three.
Morel led off the first with a walk to extend his club record by
reaching base in 15 straight games to begin his career. He moved
to second on Contreras' single and scored on catcher Omar
Narvaez's wild throw while stealing third base. Contreras later
came home on Patrick Wisdom's double-play ball to give Chicago a
2-0 edge.
Milwaukee cut the deficit in half in the third when Peterson
opened with a triple and scored on Kolten Wong's one-out single
to left field. The Brewers tied it at 2-2 with Narvaez's bloop
two-out RBI single in the fourth.
The visitors went ahead in the fifth, when video replay
overturned Mike Brosseau being thrown out at the plate on
Peterson's double. Chicago, though, tied it with Contreras' RBI
single in the bottom of the frame.
Kyle Hendricks allowed three runs, two earned, and six hits in
five innings for the Cubs, who have split the 10 games with the
Brewers this season. Mark Leiter Jr. (1-1) earned the win after
pitching a scoreless top of the 10th.
--Field Level Media
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