When the Brewers scored twice in the bottom of the first, it ended Hendricks’ streak of 15 consecutive scoreless innings. He struck out eight and walked four.Ĭhicago’s Kyle Hendricks allowed four runs in seven innings. The Cubs also left the bases loaded in the second and had the potential go-ahead run thrown out at third with one out in the seventh.Ĭhicago trailed 4-2 before Wisdom’s pinch-hit homer off Brad Boxberger in the seventh.įreddy Peralta pitched six effective innings for the Brewers, settling down after Happ’s two-run shot in the first. “The guys showed in the bottom of the eighth with that energy.” “I think that was the key for us to win the game, keeping the bases loaded,” Adames said. Williams then fell behind 2-0 against pinch-hitter Rafael Ortega before getting him to ground to first on a 3-2 pitch. Milwaukee broke the game open after the Cubs left the bases loaded in the top half of the eighth against Devin Williams (5-1).Īfter retiring the first two Cubs batters, Williams allowed a double to Sogard and issued consecutive walks to Sergio Alcántara and Jose Lobaton. “We were all talking amongst each other, and I think that’s the first time I know that I’ve seen going from your eighth-inning guy to a position player (pitching) in the same inning,” Bradley said. By the time the inning was over, the Cubs had resorted to putting infielder Eric Sogard on the mound. Peterson added an RBI double and Hiura connected against Megill later in the inning. After Trevor Megill replaced Tepera and intentionally walked Christian Yelich, Adames homered to left-center. Tyrone Taylor hit a sacrifice fly and Luis Urías delivered an RBI double that made it 7-4. Bradley’s RBI double came after Ryan Tepera (0-2) issued consecutive one-out walks to Peterson and Hiura. doubled home Peterson to break a 4-all tie and start the Brewers’ eighth-inning flurry. That’s when everything fell apart for the Cubs. “I thought we played phenomenal baseball the whole game right there till that bottom of the eighth,” manager David Ross said. Ian Happ and Patrick Wisdom each hit a two-run homer for the Cubs, who have lost four straight. That was like the playoffs, you know what I mean? That was impressive.” On Minnesota’s side, Ober finished six innings for a quality start before ceding the ball to Brock Stewart, Jhoan Duran, and Griffin Jax, each of whom threw one clean inning.“That was probably one of the best wins that I’ve been a part of,” said Adames, who reached the World Series with the Tampa Bay Rays last season. Trevor Larnach followed with an RBI double of his own before Joey Gallo lofted a pop that landed after tipping off second baseman Owen Miller’s glove Larnach scored, but Gallo was thrown out trying for second.įrom there it was a pitching fest, each team managing just one more hit as both starters and bullpens took charge. With Eddie Julien (doubled) and Donovan Solano (walked) on base, Carlos Correa lashed a liner that took a long carom off the wall in right, allowing him to leg out a triple. Minnesota’s lumber would too find a groove, but not until they had but an out to spare in the third inning. But despite the relatively high hit frequency early, no other Brewer could make it back to the plate as Ober settled into a groove. During a tumultuous two innings for Ober (five Brewer hits, matching Minnesota’s total for the game), Brian Anderson and Luis Urías went consecutively over the wall. That Milwaukee “2” went on the board quickly in the second. Your pitching can keep the opponent from scoring while you yourself remain off the board.įortunately, the Twins met both conditions, scoring four two-out runs in a chaotic third inning to take the lead, then keeping the Brewers from taking that lead back through the remaining six frames for a 4-2 win.Yes, you can go eighteen straight outs without tallying a hit under two conditions:
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