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Steele (15-3) lowered his ERA from 2.80 to
2.69, trailing only the San Diego Padres' Blake Snell (2.60).
Steele allowed six hits and one walk.
The left-hander had to grind things out early. He allowed two
runners in each of the first two innings, and took a ball to the
leg off the bat of Victor Caratini on an infield hit in the
second. However, he settled down and retired 10 consecutive
batters at one point en route to his 18th quality start this
season -- over 111 pitches.
Mark Leiter Jr., Julian Merryweather and Adbert Alzolay (22nd
save) pitched one inning apiece, combining to allow one hit
while striking out three.
The Cubs evened this three-game set and moved within four games
of the NL Central-leading Brewers. Milwaukee, which averaged 7.1
runs during its winning streak, left six men on base and went
0-for-5 with runners in scoring position.
Meanwhile, Milwaukee's Corbin Burnes (9-7) was nearly as good
and lasted even longer. He allowed eight hits and two walks
while striking out seven over seven innings to post his 19th
quality start of the season. The right-hander's only blemish
came early in the night.
After Milwaukee failed to convert with runners on second and
third and one out in the first, the Cubs did not. Burnes hit
Nico Hoerner with a pitch, and Ian Happ's double sent Hoerner to
third. He scored on Cody Bellinger's groundout.
Happ, Dansby Swanson and Yan Gomes each had two hits for
Chicago, which is 27-12 since July 18 and holds a wild-card spot
in the National League. Gomes also threw out Milwaukee star
Christian Yelich trying to steal second base with one out in the
eighth.
Mark Canha had two hits for the Brewers, who struck out 11
times.
--Field Level Media
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