Chourio stars as the Brewers beat the Cubs 9-5 despite shaky start by
Misiorowski
[September 03, 2026]
By JAY COHEN
CHICAGO (AP) — Jackson Chourio homered and the
Milwaukee Brewers beat the Chicago Cubs 9-5 on Wednesday night,
overcoming a shaky performance by Jacob Misiorowski.
William Contreras hit a tiebreaking RBI single as Milwaukee won for the
sixth time in eight games, improving to a major league-best 87-53.
Chourio had four of the Brewers' 14 hits and scored twice. |
Milwaukee Brewers' Christian Yelich, right, scores on a one-run single
by Cooper Pratt as Chicago Cubs catcher Miguel Amaya waits for the ball
during the seventh inning of a baseball game in Chicago, Wednesday,
Sept. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) |
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Misiorowski allowed five runs and five hits in four innings. The
front-runner for the NL Cy Young Award surrendered three earned
runs or fewer in his first 25 starts this year.
Chicago (78-62) dropped nine games behind Milwaukee in the NL
Central. It also remained one game back of Philadelphia for the
top NL wild card.
Alex Bregman homered and drove in four runs for the Cubs, who
have lost three of four. Bregman is batting .331 (48 for 145)
with 14 homers and 37 RBIs in his last 35 games.
Milwaukee went ahead to stay with three runs in the fourth
against David Peterson (7-8). Cooper Pratt scampered home on
Brice Turang's sacrifice bunt, and Andrew Vaughn singled home
Chourio. Turang scored on Contreras' liner to center for a 6-5
lead on a muggy night at Wrigley Field.
Joey Ortiz's two-run single made it 9-5 in the ninth. Ortiz hit
a two-run homer in Milwaukee's 9-4 win on Tuesday night.
JoJo Romero (2-3) pitched a scoreless inning for his first win
since he was acquired in a deadline trade with St. Louis.
Chicago wasted a stellar defensive play by shortstop Nico
Hoerner, who made an outstanding diving catch on Sal Frelick's
sinking liner in the fifth, leaving the bases loaded. Ian Happ
also cut down Ortiz when he attempted to score from second on
Chourio's single to left in the ninth.
Cubs reliever Jacob Webb departed in the ninth after he was
struck on his right arm by Christian Yelich's liner.
Up next
Logan Henderson (9-2, 2.48 ERA) starts for Milwaukee on Thursday
night, and fellow right-hander Kevin Gausman (8-11, 4.52)
pitches for Chicago in the finale of the four-game series.
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