Lester Pitches Cubs Past Brewers 4-1 For Series Win
The Chicago Cubs beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-1 on Sunday night to take a weekend series between the top teams in the NL Central.
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The Chicago Cubs beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-1 on Sunday night to take a weekend series between the top teams in the NL Central.
Willson Contreras homered in the 15th inning to give the Chicago Cubs a 2-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday.
The Milwaukee Brewers beat the Chicago Cubs 7-0 on Friday for their season-high seventh straight victory.
Coming off four days of rest, All-Star reliever Josh Hader was ready for an extended outing for Milwaukee on Sunday.
Jason Heyward went deep twice for his first multihomer game in a Cubs uniform, Cole Hamels grinded through six solid innings and Chicago beat the Milwaukee Brewers 14-8 on Saturday night to end a six-game skid.
Brewers fans would like to shed Miller Park's unwanted nickname, "Wrigley Field North,"and the team is trying to make that happen by limiting Cubs fans attendance at 2019 season home games.
MillerCoors said Madison-based American Family proactively pitched the Brewers "an incredibly rich offer" for future naming rights to the ballpark.
One man is in critical condition and two are in custody following an attack in Wrigleyville after the Cubs' playoffs game Monday afternoon.
Chicago stays at Wrigley Field for Tuesday night's wild-card game. The Cubs will play the loser of Monday's second tiebreaker between Colorado and the Los Angeles Dodgers for the NL West title.
The Chicago Cubs are ready to take on The Milwaukee Brewers today for an afternoon tiebreaker game that will determine the winner of the National Central Division.
According to the Cubs, tickets are on a first-come, first-served basis.
There have been some outstanding performances in the NL this season, but none quite on the same level as Christian Yelich. Voters need to make the right decision and crown the 26-year-old outfielder as the National League's Most Valuable Player.
Although the Milwaukee Brewers still trail in the NL Central, they believe the pressure has shifted to the first-place Cubs.
Jose Quintana (12-9) gave up two runs in 6 2/3 innings, improving to 3-1 at Miller Park with the Cubs.
Wade Miley's baffling off-speed stuff was just part of a frustrating night for the Chicago Cubs.
A television journalist has cut a legal deal after he punched a reporter from another station, at a Brewers baseball game. Former WITI-TV reporter Adair "A.J." Bayatpour would avoid a felony record under the agreement.
The White Sox received left-handed pitcher Kodi Medeiros and right-handed pitcher Wilber Perez.
Milwaukee Brewers reliever Josh Hader took responsibility for racist and homophobic tweets that resurfaced while he was pitching in the All-Star Game
The Cubs won Monday's series opener 7-2 with five runs in the 11th, but managed just two hits in Tuesday's 4-0 loss.
The Chicago Cubs dented the Milwaukee Brewers' normally lights-out bullpen to return to first place in the NL Central.
Chicago's Dylan Covey and Milwaukee's Brent Suter (5-4) each went five-plus innings.
Chicago lost for the fifth time in six games and fell to 17-38 despite a solid outing by Shields.
Every player in Chicago's lineup had at least one hit.
Albert Almora Jr. and Javier Baez each went 0 for 4 for the Cubs, stopping each of their career-high 11-game hitting streaks.
With Kris Bryant back in the lineup, the Cubs improved to 6-1 against the Brewers this season, including four shutouts.
