Rain washes out Brewers-Cubs nightcap, doubleheader pushed to Tuesday
Milwaukee Brewers
opened their five-game series in Chicago with a dominant 7-0 win over the Cubs in the first game of Monday's scheduled doubleheader before the nightcap was washed out by rain. The postponed game will now be part of a split doubleheader Tuesday, with contests set for 2:20PM ET and 8:05PM ET.
Freddy Peralta
(15-5) anchored the Brewers' victory, throwing six shutout innings while allowing just one hit, striking out six, and walking three. The win marked his third straight start and extended his career-best win total.
Brice Turang and Caleb Durbin powered the offense with solo home runs, each finishing with two RBIs. Joey Ortiz added two hits, an RBI, and a run scored, while Sal Frelick chipped in with two hits and two runs.
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Cade Horton
(7-4), who had allowed only one run over his previous 28 1/3 innings, was unable to continue his streak. He exited in the third inning after developing a blister on his pitching hand, leaving after 2 2/3 innings in which he allowed one run on four hits. Turang broke the deadlock with a solo homer in the third, and after Horton's exit, Milwaukee steadily pulled away.
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Durbin added a 419-foot blast in the fifth for a 2-0 advantage, and the Brewers capitalized on Chicago's shaky bullpen in the late innings. Reliever Luke Little's wild throw in the sixth gifted another run, and in the eighth, Gavin Hollowell issued three straight walks before Ortiz and Turang delivered run-scoring singles. Two more runs followed via a fielder's choice and a wild pitch, capping the rout at 7-0.
With the victory, Milwaukee extended its lead in the NL Central to nine games over Chicago. Tuesday's doubleheader will feature Chad Patrick against Cubs ace Matthew Boyd in Game 1, and Brandon Woodruff against Jameson Taillon, returning from injury, in Game 2.
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