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09/01 22:10 CDT Christian Yelich and Joey Ortiz homer as the Brewers beat the
Cubs 9-4
Christian Yelich and Joey Ortiz homer as the Brewers beat the Cubs 9-4
By JAY COHEN
AP Sports Writer
CHICAGO (AP) --- Christian Yelich capped Milwaukee's four-run sixth inning with
a tiebreaking two-run homer, helping the Brewers beat the Chicago Cubs 9-4 on
Tuesday night.
Milwaukee used a 13-hit attack to restore its eight-game lead in the NL Central
over Chicago, bouncing back nicely after losing 17-3 to the Cubs in the opener
of the four-game series. The top three hitters in the Brewers' lineup ---
Jackson Chourio, Brice Turang and William Contreras --- went 6 for 14 and
scored four times.
A day after hitting a franchise-record nine homers, Chicago was held to three
singles and three doubles on a muggy night at Wrigley Field. Tyrone Taylor
drove in two runs, and BJ Murray Jr. singled in the sixth for his first hit in
his major league debut.
Milwaukee went ahead to stay in the sixth. Turang scored on a balk by Daniel
Palencia, and Andrew Vaughn's RBI double tied it at 3. Yelich then drove an 0-2
slider from Palencia (2-2) to right-center for his 10th homer.
Yelich also walked and scored on Joey Ortiz's eighth homer in the eighth, a
two-run shot to center field off Tyler Ferguson that lifted the Brewers to a
9-4 lead.
Antonio Senzatela (10-4) pitched an inning for his first win since he was
acquired in a deadline trade with Colorado.
Chicago jumped in front on Taylor's two-run double in the fourth. Vaughn then
made a great stop on Nico Hoerner's grounder to first, but pitcher Robert
Gasser mishandled the toss to first and Taylor scampered home for a 3-0 lead.
Taylor, acquired in an Aug. 3 trade with the New York Mets, is batting .577 (15
for 26) with six RBIs in his last eight games.
The Brewers scored their first run on Cooper Pratt's single in the fifth. They
had runners on first and second when Chourio struck out swinging against
Matthew Boyd, ending the inning.
Up next
Jacob Misiorowski (14-5, 1.73 ERA) starts for Milwaukee on Wednesday night, and
left-hander David Peterson (7-7, 5.11 ERA) pitches for Chicago.
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