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The Cubs improved to 7-5 against the Brewers
this year, clinching the season series. They trail Milwaukee by
six games going into the series finale on Thursday.
Brice Turang had three hits for Milwaukee, and Christian Yelich
scored two runs. Misiorowski (4-2) was charged with three runs
in four innings.
Brewers shortstop Joey Ortiz went 0 for 3 a day after he left
the second game of a doubleheader with a bruised knee.
Turang's RBI single trimmed Chicago's lead to 3-2 in the sixth.
But Shaw led off the eighth with a 390-foot homer to left-center
off Jared Koenig.
Brad Keller pitched a perfect eighth for the Cubs, and Daniel
Palencia worked a rocky ninth for his 18th save in 20 chances.
Danny Jansen drove in Turang with a pinch-hit single, and the
Brewers loaded the bases with two down. But William Contreras
lined to second for the final out.
The Cubs played without Kyle Tucker for the second straight day.
The All-Star outfielder is getting time off to help him break
out of a slump, but he could return to the lineup as soon as
Thursday.
Misiorowski retired his first six batters before running into
trouble in the third. The All-Star right-hander walked his first
three batters of the inning, including Shaw on the 11th pitch of
an at-bat that included seven foul balls.
Busch then drove a 3-1 fastball into the gap in left-center,
clearing the bases and giving the Cubs a 3-1 lead.
Key moment
Palencia celebrated in front of the mound after Nico Hoerner
snared Contreras' game-ending liner.
Key stat
The Brewers have dropped three straight for the first time since
May 7-10.
Up next
Right-hander Quinn Priester (11-2, 3.48 ERA) starts for
Milwaukee on Thursday, and left-hander Shota Imanaga (8-5, 3.06)
pitches for Chicago.
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