But quickly, the Cubs reminded the predominantly Chicago-based crowd which team was a run-away division leader and which was the squad mired in a massive rebuilding process, using a four-run eighth inning to pull away for a 7-2 victory.
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“After that at-bat (Carter home run), I did a much better job kind of pitching inside, just to give myself some more room glove-side”, Hendricks said.
Kyle Hendricks since June 19: 1.27 ERA, 0.961 WHIP, .202 opponents BA in 14 appearances (13 starts). Chicago’s league-leading rotation has been given a bit of a break over the final month, as manager Joe Maddon has turned to a six-man rotation.
Zach Davies pitched well enough to win.
Wily Peralta (6-9) gave up four runs and six hits in 7 2/3 innings, leaving after Anthony Rizzo’s second home run of the game, a two-run drive. After two short outings on the Cubs’ West Coast road trip, Hammel looked more like the elite pitcher he’s been all season, going six innings and giving up only one earned run in his last start. The Cubs didn’t even the score until Jorge Soler’s two-out bloop single into left in the sixth.
The Cubs had just two hits off Davies through five innings – singles by Miguel Montero in the third and Javier Baez in the fifth. The 26-year-old capped the spectacular month with seven scoreless innings in a win over Pittsburgh – his 18th consecutive start allowing three or fewer earned runs. “I thought Zach pitched well”, Milwaukee Brewers manager Craig Counsell said.
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Tommy La Stella followed with an infield single that second baseman Scooter Gennett misplayed into the outfield, allowing Coghlan to score. “Some jam shots. If anything, they get rewarded for contact today”.
Ryan Braun connected for his 25th home run in the ninth.
Before the game the player-to-be-named-later was announced, completing the Brewers-Rangers trade that sent Jonathan Lucroy to Texas on August 1.
NOTES: Maddon added that RHP Hector Rondon would likely be activated from the disabled list during the Cubs’ series in Milwaukee.
Rondon, who has been on the DL the last three weeks because of a sore triceps, threw a simulated game Saturday without issue. The veteran right-hander has been a different pitcher away from Wrigley Field this year, but he has fared well at Miller Park, where he is 6-1 with a 2.32 ERA in eight career starts.
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Chicago Cubs third baseman/outfielder Kris Bryant is out of the starting lineup on Tuesday night against the Milwaukee Brewers.
