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After being held scoreless through seven
innings by Cubs starter Justin Steele, the Brewers broke through
for five runs in the eighth against the bullpen. The Cubs got
their lone run in the ninth on a sacrifice fly by Patrick
Wisdom.
Sal Frelick opened the Brewers eighth with a pinch single
against Mark Leiter Jr. (1-3), who relieved Steele to start the
inning. Brice Turang walked and William Contreras followed with
a hard-hit grounder that third baseman Nick Madrigal couldn't
handle. Frelick came around on the error to snap the scoreless
tie.
Leiter struck out Christian Yelich but gave way to Hayden
Wesneski. Adames greeted him with his eighth homer, sending a
3-0 pitch 427 feet to center to make it 4-0.
Joey Ortiz walked and Jackson Chourio capped the five-run
outburst with an RBI double.
Neither starter allowed a run. Steele allowed three hits over
seven innings, striking out eight and walking one.
Gasser, making his fourth big league start, allowed three hits,
striking out seven and walking none. Gasser retired the first
nine before Nico Hoerner singled to center to open the fourth.
The Cubs' Seiya Suzuki and Cody Bellinger opened the seventh
with back-to-back singles. Bryan Hudson relieved Gasser and
struck out Christopher Morel, got Wisdom on a pop to second and
then got Dansby Swanson on a called third strike.
Hudson (3-0) added a scoreless eighth for the win and Hoby
Milner finished.
Milwaukee threatened in the third when Turang walked and
Contreras singled. But Turang was picked off by Steele and
thrown out heading for third, snapping his streak of 36
consecutive successful steals, the longest active streak in the
majors.
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