Villar homered in the fourth and again in the eighth, giving him three in his last two games and four in his last four as the Brewers earned a rare series victory against their National League Central rivals.
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“He’s got a little string going right now that he’s really making pitches”, Brewers manager Craig Counsell said.
Milwaukee took that lead to the bottom of the ninth, and after Tyler Thornburg struck out Kris Bryant for the first out, Rizzo followed with a moon shot to center that appeared to be on its way over the wall near the cutout in left-center field. Turn about was fair play, as Rizzo had caught Broxton’s foul pop while standing on the wall down the first base line earlier this year.
Garza has made one start against the Cubs this season, allowing three runs in five innings of a 4-0 loss in the first game of an August 16 double-header at Wrigley Field.
White Sox 7, Tigers 4: Avisail Garcia hit a go-ahead single against his former team in a four-run eighth inning and Chicago beat Detroit to keep the Tigers a game out of the final AL wild-card spot. He remained in the rotation after the Lackey’s return on Sunday as the Cubs have temporarily opted to go with a six-man rotation.
“I had him where I wanted him in the count but I made a mistake pitch and left a changeup up in the zone”, Montgomery said.
The Milwaukee Brewers look to stay hot after winning five of their last six games.
“I knew I hit it well, it just wasn’t carrying as much as it was yesterday”, Rizzo said. Awesome play, and Keon made up for his 0-4 night. The Milwaukee Brewers offense has heated up recently, and they’ve won seven of their last nine games when scoring more than three runs.
Peralta retired 11 straight Cubs after allowing a one-out single to Ben Zobrist in the third, a run that was snapped by Tommy La Stella’s double in the seventh. “That’s Broxton’s game. If he didn’t take the ball away it’s a tie game”. “Watching him yesterday, he didn’t look exhausted so I put him back in”. “But with the night game after the day game he got some good rest”.
Cubs: Jon Lester (15-4, 2.61 ERA) gets the start as Chicago opens a three-game series at Houston on Friday.
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It could be glimpse into the Cubs’ playoff plans, as a second (non-closer) lefty in the bullpen and potential long man/emergency starter in the first round of the playoffs. Milwaukee will look for another upset as they travel to St. Louis for a series with the Cardinals beginning Thursday. He has a 4.01 ERA in five starts and a 2.29 ERA in 37 relief appearances for Seattle and Chicago this season.
