The Milwaukee Brewers shaved their magic number down to two games with an 8-5 win over the Chicago Cubs on Friday. The game went scoreless until the top of the fourth inning when the Cubs scored four runs. The Brewers answered in the next half inning with three runs, including RBIs from Christian Yelich and Luis Urias.
The Cubs hit a home run in the top of the fifth inning to go up 5-3, and that would be the last of their scoring for the evening. Urias drew a walk in the bottom of the fifth to bring Luke Maile across the plate, cutting the Crew’s deficit to 5-4. The Brewers scored four runs in the bottom of the eighth to overtake the game, which included a RBI singles from Lorenzo Cain and Kolten Wong, and a wild pitch that brought a runner home, to make the score 8-5.
The Brewers record on the season is now 90-57. They will have another home game with the Cubs at 6:15 PM on Saturday.
