By the time his final plate appearance came up in the eighth inning, Bryant wasn’t thinking about a triple – or the cycle – he was going for something bigger.
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The Cubs couldn’t do much with Zach Davies July 23 in Milwaukee.
“When Georgie is swinging it well, he’s a huge part of the team”, said Ross, whose third-inning homer was the aftershock to Soler’s three-run bolt to cap the first-inning surge.
Brewers starting pitcher Chase Anderson was also injured during the game, and got through only two batters when he was hit in the quadriceps on a ball hit by Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant. If it’s really swollen, then we might end up getting an MRI.
DODGERS 7, PHILLIES 2: Adrian Gonzalez hit two home runs and had five RBIs to help the Los Angeles extend its lead in the NL West with a victory over Philadelphia at Philadelphia.
And as the Cubs won for the 18th time in 21 games and improved the best record in the majors to 77-43, the only controversy in their jovial clubhouse is whether Bryant or teammate Anthony Rizzo is the better NL MVP candidate.
Since Bryant usually bats in front of Rizzo in the No. 2 hole, he has the luxury of seeing better pitches, since few pitchers want to face Rizzo with runners on base.
“I just went out there and did my job”, Magnifico told the Brewers’ website. “I can’t say enough about having him behind me”.
Bryant clubbed his second homer of the day – his third multi-homer production of the season – with one out and the bases empty in the sixth for an 8-5 Chicago lead.
In the opener, Trevor Cahill came off the disabled list to throw five innings of two-hit ball in his first start in almost 16 months in Chicago’s 4-0 win. Kirk Nieuwenhuis followed with a three-run homer.
Hernan Perez’s two-out solo homer in the ninth off Travis Wood ended Milwaukee’s 17-inning scoreless streak.
Aroldis Chapman worked the ninth for his seventh save. “Even though he’s a lefty and I’m a righty, it seems like they pitch us very similarly”.
In the top of the fifth inning, Milwaukee’s Keon Broxton hit a high popup down the first base line that drifted toward the seats.
Bryant drove in his fifth run in the bottom half with his fifth hit, a single to left off Corey Knebel.
The Cubs are hotter than they’ve been all season, losing just two games in the month of August.
It was the second straight start that Arrieta didn’t make it out of the sixth inning.
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Brewers: OF Ryan Braun is day-to-day after crashing into a wall at Wrigley Field on Tuesday. But Braun went 0 for 5 and couldn’t come up with Addison Russell’s fly that drifted to the wall and was ruled a single in Chicago’s three-run third. Chicago opens a three-city road trip with nine games in 10 days starting with Friday’s series opener at Colorado. He would sit down ten Milwaukee (52-67) hitters in a row at one point. “He can hit any pitch, any mistake. He’s got to finish the at-bat off”. Both Braun and manager Craig Counsell said he might be ready to play Thursday in Chicago and definitely expect him to play over the weekend in Seattle.
