Starting Lineups:

Milwaukee Brewers (27-18):

1) Jackson Chourio (R) LF

2) Brice Turang (L) 2B

3) William Contreras (R) C

4) Christian Yelich (L) DH

5) Garrett Mitchell (L) CF

6) Jake Bauers (L) 1B

7) Luis Rengifo (S) 3B

8) Sal Frelick (L) RF

9) David Hamilton (L) SS

Starting Pitcher: RHP Jacob Misiorowski (3-2, 2.12 ERA)

Chicago Cubs (29-19:

1) Nico Hoerner (R) 2B

2) Michael Busch (L) 1B

3) Alex Bregman (R) 3B

4) Ian Happ (S) LF

5) Seiya Suzuki (R) RF

6) Moisés Ballesteros (L) DH

7) Dansby Swanson (R) SS

8) Pete Crow-Armstrong (L) CF

9) Miguel Amaya (R) C

Starting Pitcher: RHP Ben Brown (1-1, 1.60 ERA)

Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL — In game two between two N.L. Central Rivals, the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Chicago Cubs 5-2 thanks to strong pitching and timely hitting.

The Brewers would strike first in the contest in the top of the first inning.

After Brice Turang worked a walk in the top of the first inning, William Contreras dropped a single into left field to put two on, with one away. Two batters later, Garrett Mitchell would hit an RBI single up the middle to put the Brewers ahead 1-0.

The Brewers would score twice in the top of the third inning.

Jackson Chourio led off the top of the third inning with a single to left field. Turang hit a single to center field to put two on, with no one out.

Two batters later, the Brewers scored on a wild pitch to put themselves up 2-0. After Mitchell walked, Jake Bauers would knotch an RBI single to right-center field to put the Brewers up 3-0.

The Brewers would score again in the top of the eighth inning.

Hamilton drew a walk with one out in the top of the eighth inning, and two batters later, Turang smashed a two-run homer to left-center field to put the Brewers up 5-0.

The Cubs finally got on the board in the bottom of the eighth inning.

Pete Crow-Armstrong led off the bottom of the eighth inning with a single to left field, and Miguel Amaya followed with a ground-rule double to put two in scoring position with no one out. Nico Hoerner would follow with an RBI single to right-center field to make it 5-1 Milwaukee.

Happ would draw a two-out walk to load the bases for Seiya Suzuki. Suzuki would hit an RBI grounder to third base, scoring Amaya, to make it 5-2 Milwaukee.

Ben Brown – photo courtesy of the Chicago Sun-Times

The Good: The Brewers, for a second consecutive night, strung together hits when they needed to and were productive at the plate. Over the first two games of the series, the Brewers have scored a total of 14 runs to the Cubs’ 5.

The Bad/The Ugly: The Cubs were just 2-8 with RISP, highlighting their inability to get the clutch hit when needed against the Brewers. Additionally, the Cubs struck out 13 times against the Brewers’ pitching.

-Matt Koper

Founder of Koper’s Korner