 with one out in the second inning for his 23rd home run of the season. The slugger took Davies deep again in the fourth with an opposite-field shot to make it 7-0.After the Brewers cut it to 7-3 in the fifth, Schwarber's infield single with two outs in the sixth kept the inning alive for pinch-hitter Victor Caratini, who hit a three-run homer off Milwaukee reliever Jeremy Jeffress.Christian Yelich's run-scoring double in fifth, which extended his hitting streak to 16 games, chased Cubs starter Jose Quintana, who failed to get the win despite being staked to a seven-run lead. Quintana gave up four hits and three runs in 4 2/3 innings.Brad Brach (4-3) retired the only batter he faced for the victory.Davies was coming off his worst start, when he allowed seven runs in four innings of a 14-6 loss to Cincinnati on Tuesday. This time, he gave up seven runs and four hits in five innings. He had permitted only one earned run in 12 innings against the Cubs this season prior to Sunday.TRAINER'S ROOMCubs: LHP Cole Hamels, on the 10-day injured list with a left oblique strain, gave up three runs and three hits, including two first-inning homers, over three innings in a 59-pitch rehab outing for Triple-A Iowa. ''We'd like to believe that his next start would be with us,'' manager Joe Maddon said before the game.Brewers: RHP Corbin Burnes, on the IL with right shoulder irritation, pitched one shutout inning with a strikeout for Triple-A San Antonio on Saturday night. ''His next outing will be two innings and then we'll decide after that what's going on,'' manager Craig Counsell said. . RHP Jimmy Nelson, on the IL with fluid in his right elbow, was scheduled to pitch two innings for San Antonio on Sunday.UP NEXTCubs: Yu Darvish (3-4, 4.54 ERA) starts the opener of a three-game set at St. Louis on Tuesday night. Adam Wainwright (7-7, 4.63) pitches for the Cardinals.Brewers: Counsell hadn't announced who will take the mound Tuesday night at Oakland against Chris Bassitt (7-5, 4.09 ERA) in the opener of a three-game series.---More MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/-Sports)
Brewers hope to cap sweep of rival CubsFLMThe Milwaukee Brewers will go for a sweep of their three-game series against the visiting Chicago Cubs on Sunday at Miller Park.The Brewers took advantage of the Chicago bullpen for the second straight game on Saturday, rallying from deficits of 2-0 and 3-2 for the win and moving into a tie with the Cubs for second place in the NL Central.Milwaukee right-hander Zach Davies (8-3, 3.17 ERA) looks to rebound on Sunday. He tied his season high when he allowed six earned runs last time out, giving up nine hits in four innings in Tuesday's loss to the Reds. Davis gave up two home runs after having not allowed one since June 25. One came off the bat of Eugenio Suarez."Everybody knows he has really good stuff," Suarez said after that game. "Really good sinker, change-up, cutter, curveball. But today, he threw a lot of sinkers, and we were ready." Davies is 6-5 with a 3.15 ERA in 15 career starts against the Cubs. In 2019, he's 1-0 with a 0.75 ERA in two starts.Cubs left-hander Jose Quintana (8-7, 4.42) has tied a career high with four straight wins. On July 20 he picked up the win despite allowing five runs on eight hits -- including three home runs -- over five innings against the Padres. He struck out seven and walked one.For his career, Quintana is 6-4 with a 2.63 ERA in 13 starts versus Milwaukee, but that includes an 0-2 record and a 10.24 ERA versus the Brewers this season. Quintana is slated to face the Brewers on Sunday and again next weekend in Chicago."They've made that clear that Quintana is going to face us," Brewers manager Craig Counsell told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. "When we play the Cubs, I assume we're going to face Quintana and another lefty." Keston Hiura hit a two-run walk-off homer against Cubs closer Craig Kimbrel to cap a three-run 10th inning in the Brewers' 5-3 win on Saturday night.Albert Almora, Jr. homered leading off the 10th to give the Cubs a 3-2 lead, but Christian Yelich answered with a homer off Kimbrel leading off the bottom of the inning. Tyler Saladino followed with a walk, and Hiura hit a liner to right for his 11th homer of the season."It's no secret, we really needed those 1/8wins 3/8, and it's nice to be able to find a way. It's a credit to our guys -- nobody has given up, nobody has quit," Yelich told MLB.com."We haven't had the smoothest of sailing, that's pretty well-documented. But we still have a long way to go, and nobody's quitting. We found a way to pull two of those out, and they are great team wins." The Cubs wasted a strong start from Jon Lester, who blanked Milwaukee for seven inningsYelich and Hiura both extended their hitting streaks to 15 games. Hiura is hitting .458 during his streak, while Yelich is hitting .407.Cubs reliever Derek Holland, acquired Friday from San Francisco to serve as a lefty specialist, made his debut, retiring the only batter he faced in the eighth inning."I'm not too worried about a role," Holland told MLB.com. "If I can help this team, that's awesome." --Field Level Media
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