7/5/23 Hometown Broadcasting Sports Wednesday
5 July 2023 Sports
Left fielder Ian Happ threw out two runners at the plate in extra innings, and the Chicago Cubs pulled out a wild 7-6 win over the Milwaukee Brewers in 11 innings Tuesday after squandering a late lead for the second consecutive game.
Dansby Swanson homered and Miguel Amaya hit a two-run double to help the Cubs build a 6-2 cushion. But the Brewers scored twice in the eighth and twice more in the ninth to tie it.
In the bottom of the 10th, pinch-runner Andruw Monasterio was placed at second base as the automatic runner. He tried to score the winning run on Owen Miller’s one-out single to left but was cut down at home by Happ on a call that stood following a replay review. Miller was thrown out trying to advance to second, ending the inning.
Chicago went ahead in the 11th. Automatic runner Cody Bellinger moved to third with one out on a wild pitch by Clayton Andrews (0-1). After Amaya struck out, Nico Hoerner beat out an infield single to put the Cubs up by a run.
With one out in the bottom half, Miller tried to tag up from third and score the tying run on Brice Turang’s pop fly to left. He was thrown out at the plate by Happ to end the game, setting off a celebration as Cubs players poured out of the dugout after halting their three-game skid.
Kyle Hendricks gave Chicago a solid start and Daniel Palencia (1-0) got the win in his major league debut.
The loss dropped Milwaukee (46-40) a game behind first-place Cincinnati in the NL Central, after the Reds beat the Nationals 8-4 earlier in the day.
Turang had an RBI single in the fifth to begin Milwaukee’s comeback from a 4-0 deficit. Rowdy Tellez hit a run-scoring single in the eighth and Willy Adames delivered an RBI double.
Christian Yelich hit an RBI single in the ninth, and the Brewers tied it 6-all on William Contreras’ sacrifice fly. Hendricks gave up four hits and two runs — one earned — in six innings. He walked one and struck out five.
The teams meet again tonight as the Cubs send left –hander Justin Steele (9-2, 2:43 ERA) to the mound against Brewers right-hander Adrian Houser (3-2, 3.88ERA). First pitch is at 7:10.
Elsewhere in the NL Central Tuesday the Reds beat the Nationals 8-4, the Marlins pounded the Cardinals 15-2 and the Pirates over the Dodgers 9-7.
In the Midwest League Tuesday the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers won at home over Beloit 3-1. The teams meet again tonight with the first pitch slated for 6:40. In the Northwood’s League Tuesday the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders have started the second half of the season undefeated after they knocked off the Woodchucks 4-1 on Independence Day. They will be back in action tonight in Wausau as they take on the Woodchucks again. First pitch is scheduled for 6:35 P.M.
Share |