Busch's leadoff home helps Cubs beat Brewers to avoid sweep
Milwaukee leads the Cubs by one game in the NL Central. The teams meet once more this season, a five-game series at Wrigley from Aug. 18-21.
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Milwaukee leads the Cubs by one game in the NL Central. The teams meet once more this season, a five-game series at Wrigley from Aug. 18-21.
The Cubs' Nico Hoerner went 3 for 4 with a solo homer.
Andrew Vaughn, Sal Frelick and Christian Yelich homered for the Brewers
Jameson Taillon (7-4) was tagged for five runs and eight hits in four innings after winning his five previous starts.
The Cubs upped their division lead to 6 1/2 games over the second-place Brewers, who won the NL Central in each of the past two years.
Civale is 1-2 with a 4.91 ERA this season. He has allowed seven runs over 19 innings in four starts since returning from the injured list May 22 after dealing with a strained left hamstring.
Milwaukee prevented the Cubs from earning their first road sweep of the Brewers since October 2015.
Pete Crow-Armstrong and Dansby Swanson hit back-to-back homers off Jose Quintana in the fourth inning as the Chicago Cubs defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 6-2.
Michael Busch hit his first career grand slam and Pete Crow-Armstrong added two solo shots as the Chicago Cubs beat the Milwaukee Brewers 10-0 on Friday.
Sean Burke (2-4) gave up two hits and three walks over six scoreless innings for his first win since the season opener.
It was the first of a season-high three errors for the White Sox, who have lost three straight games and fell to 7-23.
Luis Robert Jr. and Andrew Benintendi homered for the White Sox, who lost for the 12th time in 15 games.
Bob Uecker was the voice of his hometown Milwaukee Brewers who after a short playing career earned the moniker "Mr. Baseball" and honors from the Hall of Fame.
During six undistinguished seasons in the major leagues, Bob Uecker never played an inning for the Milwaukee Brewers. But during his more than half-century as the team's play-by-play announcer, he has become a mascot for the game.
Tyler Soderstrom homered and was 2 for 4 and Zack Gelof hit a double to take the lead in the eighth as the Athletics beat the Cubs.
William Contreras hit a tiebreaking double in the ninth inning and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Chicago Cubs 3-2.
The Cubs loaded the bases in the eighth against Jared Koenig but came up empty after the left-hander got pinch-hitter David Bote to fly out.
Michael Busch and Dansby Swanson each had two hits as the Cubs twice escaped based-loaded jams to end Milwaukee's three-game winning streak.
Christian Yelich hit a 422-foot, two-run homer in the fourth off Kyle Hendricks to put Milwaukee ahead.
A downward escalator from the terrace to the loge level malfunctioned and sped up, the Brewers said.
The fans were injured when an escalator malfunctioned at the stadium in Milwaukee.
Luke Little (3-1) threw a scoreless seventh for the victory, and Porter Hodge followed with a scoreless inning.
It was the second game in a row that the Brewers went deep with the bases loaded.
The Sox have also lost 13 out of 14, falling to 15-43.
Gary Sánchez hit a tiebreaking two-run homer with two outs in the eighth inning and the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Chicago Cubs 6-4.
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