Christian Yelich and Joey Ortiz homer as the Brewers beat the Cubs 9-4
[September 02, 2026]
By JAY COHEN
CHICAGO (AP) — Christian Yelich capped Milwaukee's
four-run sixth inning with a tiebreaking two-run homer, helping the
Brewers beat the Chicago Cubs 9-4 on Tuesday night.
Milwaukee used a 13-hit attack to restore its eight-game lead in the NL
Central over Chicago, bouncing back nicely after losing 17-3 to the Cubs
in the opener of the four-game series. The top three hitters in the
Brewers' lineup — Jackson Chourio, Brice Turang and William Contreras —
went 6 for 14 and scored four times. |
Milwaukee Brewers' Christian Yelich watches his two-run home run during
the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs, Tuesday,
Sept. 1, 2026, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Melissa Tamez) |
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A day after hitting a franchise-record nine homers, Chicago was
held to three singles and three doubles on a muggy night at
Wrigley Field. Tyrone Taylor drove in two runs, and BJ Murray
Jr. singled in the sixth for his first hit in his major league
debut.
Milwaukee went ahead to stay in the sixth. Turang scored on a
balk by Daniel Palencia, and Andrew Vaughn's RBI double tied it
at 3. Yelich then drove an 0-2 slider from Palencia (2-2) to
right-center for his 10th homer.
Yelich also walked and scored on Joey Ortiz's eighth homer in
the eighth, a two-run shot to center field off Tyler Ferguson
that lifted the Brewers to a 9-4 lead.
Antonio Senzatela (10-4) pitched an inning for his first win
since he was acquired in a deadline trade with Colorado.
Chicago jumped in front on Taylor's two-run double in the
fourth. Vaughn then made a great stop on Nico Hoerner's grounder
to first, but pitcher Robert Gasser mishandled the toss to first
and Taylor scampered home for a 3-0 lead.
Taylor, acquired in an Aug. 3 trade with the New York Mets, is
batting .577 (15 for 26) with six RBIs in his last eight games.
The Brewers scored their first run on Cooper Pratt's single in
the fifth. They had runners on first and second when Chourio
struck out swinging against Matthew Boyd, ending the inning.
Up next
Jacob Misiorowski (14-5, 1.73 ERA) starts for Milwaukee on
Wednesday night, and left-hander David Peterson (7-7, 5.11 ERA)
pitches for Chicago.
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