Brewers top Cubs 5‑2 behind Misiorowski, Uribe’s save
CHICAGO (Interstat) — Jacob Misiorowski pitched the Milwaukee Brewers to a 5-2 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday at Wrigley Field before 38,190. The win moved Milwaukee to 28-18 and dropped Chicago to 29-20.
Milwaukee scored one run in the first on Garrett Mitchell’s RBI single, added two in the third on Jake Bauers’ single and broke open the game with two in the eighth on Brice Turang’s homer. The Cubs answered with two in the bottom of the eighth on run-scoring singles by Nico Hoerner and Seiya Suzuki. Abner Uribe earned his fifth save.
Misiorowski (4-2) allowed two runs on seven hits over eight innings. Ben Brown (1-2) took the loss. The Brewers outhit the Cubs 11-7.
Key performances: Cubs designated hitter Moisés Ballesteros went 0 for 3; pitcher Caleb Thielbar threw a scoreless inning; third baseman Alex Bregman and first baseman Michael Busch each went 0 for 4; center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong was 1 for 4; catcher Miguel Amaya singled; Hoerner had two hits and an RBI; and pitchers Jacob Webb and Phil Maton each tossed a scoreless frame. The game lasted 2:44.