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The game was scoreless when Imanaga (3-2)
strained his left hamstring while heading toward first base in
an unsuccessful attempt to complete a 1-6-3 double play. Imanaga
grabbed the back of his left leg at the end of the play.
When Imanaga departed, the Brewers had runners on the corners
with two outs.
Julian Merryweather's first offering was a wild pitch that
brought home Chourio. Merryweather also surrendered an RBI
single to Daz Cameron and a two-run double to Caleb Durbin.
Cameron entered in the fourth after starting right fielder Sal
Frelick departed with left knee discomfort.
Peralta (4-2) struck out seven while lowering his ERA to 2.18.
He improved to 7-2 with a 2.92 ERA against the Cubs in his
career.
Key moment
The Cubs had a chance to take an early lead when Michael Busch
drew a leadoff walk in the second inning and was awarded second
base an out later due to an obstruction call on Brewers first
baseman Rhys Hoskins. Peralta recovered by retiring Pete
Crow-Armstrong and Miguel Amaya to end the threat.
Key stat
Peralta increased his career strikeout total to 997. The only
pitchers to collect 1,000 strikeouts as Brewers are Yovanni
Gallardo (1,226), Ben Sheets (1,206) and Teddy Higuera (1,081).
Up next
The Cubs return home for a three-game series with the San
Francisco Giants. Right-hander Landen Roupp (2-2, 5.10 ERA)
pitches for the Giants and left-hander Matthew Boyd (2-2, 2.70
ERA) starts for the Cubs on Monday.
The Brewers open a three-game home series with the Houston
Astros on Monday. The scheduled starters are Astros right-hander
Ronel Blanco (2-2, 5.08 ERA) and Brewers right-hander Tobias
Myers (0-0, 5.14 ERA).
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