Cubs 4, Brewers 1
MILWAUKEE -- Anthony Rizzo homered for the third straight game and Jason Hammel pitched a strong game as the Chicago Cubs knocked off the Milwaukee Brewers 4-1 Friday night at Miller Park.
Rizzo, the Cubs first baseman, finished with two hits and gave Chicago some breathing room with his solo shot off left-hander Neal Cotts in the seventh.
Hammel (6-5) went 5 2/3 innings for the Cubs and held Milwaukee to a run on six hits and a pair of walks.
Brewers starter Taylor Jungmann threw a career-high 112 pitches and also worked 5 2/3 innings. He gave up seven hits and two walks while striking out seven.
Jungmann (5-3), a rookie, lost consecutive starts for the first time of his career.
Cubs right-hander Hector Rondon allowed a leadoff single in the ninth, but retired the next three batters in order to collect his 15th save.
Right fielder Ryan Braun's team-leading 19th home run of the season gave the Brewers a 1-0 lead in the first. Chicago got the run back in the second when third baseman Kris Bryant walked and scored on a single by shortstop Starlin Castro.
Castro put the Cubs ahead in the fourth, driving in Rizzo on a fielder's choice but Chicago missed a chance to break the game open in the fifth when Milwaukee intentionally walked Rizzo with two outs to get to Bryant, who chopped into a force at third to end the inning.
Milwaukee had its chance in the bottom of the inning, putting runners at the corners with one out for catcher Jonathan Lucroy, who hit into a double play to snuff out the threat.
NOTES: The Brewers made two more deals before the non-waiver trade deadline. RHP Jonathan Broxton was sent to St. Louis for minor league OF Malik Collymore and OF Gerardo Parra is headed to the Baltimore Orioles, who gave up minor league RHP Zach Davies in the deal. ... After shipping OF Carlos Gomez and RHP Mike Fiers to Houston on Thursday, the Brewers called up OF Logan Schafer, utility man Elian Herrera and RHP Tyler Thornburg from Triple-A Colorado Springs. ... Milwaukee finished the day by claiming RHP Preston Guilmet off waivers from the Los Angeles Dodgers. ... The Cubs also made a deal with Baltimore, trading OF Junior Lake to the Orioles in exchange for RHP Tommy Hunter. Earlier in the day, Chicago acquired RHP Dan Haren from the Miami Marlins in exchange for minor leaguers Ivan Pineyro and Elliot Soto. Haren, 34, is 7-7 with a 3.42 ERA in 21 starts this season and has a 3.52 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 129 innings.