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09/02 22:09 CDT Chourio stars as the Brewers beat the Cubs 9-5 despite shaky
start by Misiorowski
Chourio stars as the Brewers beat the Cubs 9-5 despite shaky start by
Misiorowski
By JAY COHEN
AP Baseball Writer
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.
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. ___ See AP's full MLB coverage here
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. ___ See AP's full MLB coverage here
