Brewers rally past Cubs 9‑4 at Wrigley Field

CHICAGO (Interstat) — Antonio Senzatela earned his 10th victory as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Chicago Cubs 9-4 on Tuesday at Wrigley Field.

The Brewers, who improved to 86-53, trailed 3-0 after the Cubs scored three runs in the fourth inning. Tyrone Taylor’s two-run double scored Seiya Suzuki and Alex Bregman, and Nico Hoerner reached on an error by pitcher Robert Gasser that scored Taylor.

Milwaukee answered in the fifth on Cooper Pratt’s RBI single. In the sixth, Andrew Vaughn doubled in William Contreras, and Christian Yelich followed with a two-run homer that scored Sal Frelick, putting Milwaukee ahead 5-3. The Cubs cut it to 5-4 in the bottom half, but Milwaukee pulled away with two runs in the seventh and Joey Ortiz’s two-run homer in the eighth.

Ortiz went 2-for-4 with a homer and two RBIs. Yelich also had two RBIs. Robert Gasser allowed two earned runs over 4 1/3 innings. Daniel Palencia (2-2) took the loss for the Cubs, who fell to 78-61. Attendance was 33,185, and the game lasted 3:18.