Brewers 12, Cubs 4
MILWAUKEE -- The Milwaukee Brewers have been waiting all season for an offensive explosion like the one they produced Saturday night.
Three home runs, two doubles and more timely hitting than they've seen all season long resulted in a season high for runs as the Brewers rolled to a 12-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs at Miller Park.
Brewers left fielder Khris Davis reached four times, scored three times and drove in three runs. Center fielder Gerardo Parra drove in three and added his first home run of the season.
Milwaukee right fielder Ryan Braun got into the act, too, walking twice and scoring two runs. Shortstop Jean Segura went 2-for-4 with a home run and infielder Jason Rogers hit the first home run of his career as Milwaukee collected 11 hits against six Cubs pitchers.
It was more than enough offense to overcome a short outing from right-hander Kyle Lohse (2-4), who lasted five innings while giving up four runs, seven hits and a walk with seven strikeouts but picked up his second victory of the season.
Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant hit the first home run of his career, a three-run shot to left field that wiped out a 2-0 Milwaukee lead in the third.
The Brewers answered by scoring three times in the bottom of the inning on a two-run double by Davis and a sac fly by Parra.
Cubs shortstop Starlin Castro cut the deficit to one with a run-scoring single in the fourth, but Segura answered with a leadoff home run in the bottom of the inning and the Brewers blew the game open an inning later.
After giving up six runs (four earned) through four innings, left-hander Travis Wood (2-2) had given way to Chicago's bullpen and there was trouble right off the bat.
Back-to-back walks to Braun and first baseman Adam Lind proved costly when Davis doubled for the second time, making it 7-4.
Another walk, this time to Parra, put runners at the corners with one out for catcher Martin Maldonado, who put the Brewers up four with a sacrifice fly to center.
Cubs left-hander Phil Coke got third baseman Elian Herrera to ground out before Rogers, pinch-hitting for Lohse, crushed a 2-1 fastball to center for his first career home run.
Milwaukee's bullpen took over from there, working four scoreless innings to preserve the victory.
Catcher David Ross pitched a scoreless eighth inning for the Cubs.
NOTES: Brewers CF Carlos Gomez (left hip flexor) and 3B Aramis Ramirez (lower back tightness) sat out Saturday against the Cubs. It was Gomez's third straight game out of the lineup and the second in a row for Ramirez, who was scratched just before the game started Friday. ... The Brewers signed 3B Chris Nelson to a minor league contract and assigned him to Triple-A Colorado Springs. Nelson was released Friday by Philadelphia after he batted .278 with four doubles in 16 games for the Phillies' Triple-A affiliate. ... Cubs 2B Addison Russell carried an 11-game hitting streak into the game, the longest by a Cubs player this season. Russell has a hit in 13 of his 15 big league games in 2015. ... Chicago 3B Kris Bryant is sixth in the National League with 17 walks despite appearing in only 20 games this season. ... The series concludes Sunday afternoon with Cubs RHP Kyle Hendricks (0-1, 5.61 ERA) facing Brewers RHP Matt Garza (2-4, 4.58 ERA).