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Joel Kuhnel (1-3) relieved to open the 10th. Automatic runner
Justin Dean advanced to third on a ground out. Pete
Crow-Armstrong was walked intentionally with two outs and stole
second. Alex Bregman was hit by a pitch to load the bases.
Michael Busch walked to force in the go-ahead run and Suzuki
followed with a two-run single to left.
Ethan Roberts relieved in the bottom half and Christian Yelich
opened with an RBI single, taking second on the throw home.
Jackson Chourio walked and Brice Turang singled to load the
bases with no outs.
Wicks, called up earlier Sunday from Triple-A, relieved and
walked pinch-hitter Garrett Mitchell to make it 4-3. Jake Bauers
flied out in foul territory, and Gary Sanchez bounced to third
to start the double play.
Jacob Webb (3-2) got the win with a scoreless ninth. Wicks
notched his first save of the season.
Stymied into the sixth by starter Brandon Woodruff, the Cubs
tied it 1-all in the seventh with a run off Aaron Ashby. Ian
Happ walked with one out and advanced to third on Nico Hoerner’s
single. Happ scored on a wild pitch, with Hoerner taking second.
Hoerner moved to third on a balk and pinch-hitter Matt Shaw
walked, but Abner Uribe relieved and retired the next two
hitters.
Sanchez staked the Brewers to a 1-0 lead with his eighth homer,
a two-out solo shot in the second off Ryan Rolison, opening a
bullpen game with his second start in 26 appearances.
Up next
Robert Gasser (1-3, 4.50 ERA) starts for the Brewers on Monday
in the series opener against the Reds, who counter with Nick
Lodolo (2-2, 5.59). Shota Imanaga (5-6, 4.40) starts for the
Cubs on Monday against the Padres, who have not named a starter.
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