Patrick Wisdom’s fifth-inning solo house run off Corbin Burnes gave Marcus Stroman all of the assist he wanted Sunday on his thirty first birthday, and the Chicago Cubs starter dominated over seven scoreless innings in a 2-0 win over the Milwaukee Brewers earlier than 35,137 at American Family Field.
Stroman allowed two hits over seven innings, retiring the final 14 batters he confronted because the Cubs prevented a sweep and received for less than the third time of their final 12 video games.
Burnes, who retired the primary 13 batters he confronted earlier than Wisdom’s homer, struck out 10 in seven innings, permitting 4 hits and a stroll.
The Cubs barely made contact off Burnes till Wisdom got here to the plate with one out within the fifth. They had 15 swing-and-misses and checked out 10 known as strikes whereas placing solely six balls in performs. But Wisdom hit an arching house run on a 96 mph sinker, and instantly the momentum shifted with one pitch.
The Cubs added one other run within the sixth on a two-out infield hit towards the shift by Alfonso Rivas and an RBI double on an 0-2 curve by Seiya Suzuki.
Reliever David Roberston changed Rowan Wick with the tying runs on and two out within the eighth and struck out Jace Peterson on a knuckle-curve to get out of the inning. Robertson returned to throw a scoreless ninth for his fifth save in 5 alternatives.
After an off day Monday, the Cubs meet the White Sox for a two-game sequence at Wrigley Field.
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