Cubs 4, Brewers 2
MILWAUKEE -- Anthony Rizzo and Kyle Schwarber homered and right-hander Kyle Hendricks struck out six as the Chicago Cubs extended their winning streak to four games with a 4-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday evening at Miller Park.
Hendricks (5-5) scattered four hits and a pair of walks over seven innings to earn his first victory since July 5 and just his third since June 7.
In four starts against the Brewers, Hendricks is 3-0 with a 1.07 ERA.
Rizzo, too, has punished the Brewers this year. The first baseman finished with two hits, as did Schwarber, who hit his fourth home run of the season in the seventh against Milwaukee right-hander Michael Blazek.
Brewers starter Matt Garza (5-12) wasn't sharp, needing 107 pitches to get through six innings, but he managed to hold Chicago to three runs on four hits while walking four and striking out five.
Garza struck out the side in the second and made quick work of the first two Chicago batters in the third before giving up a hit to Schwarber, the catcher, and walking left fielder Chris Coglan.
That brought up Rizzo, who was 6-for-8 in the series after a first-inning single. He smacked Garza's first offering into the right-field bleachers for his 20th home run of the season.
Brewers left fielder Khris Davis made it 3-1 in the fourth with an RBI single up the middle that drove in right fielder Ryan Braun.
With a man on and one out in the ninth, Davis was robbed of a possible two-run home run when Jorge Soler made a leaping grab at the wall in right.
Right-hander Tommy Hunter, making his Cubs debut, allowed a run to score on shortstop Jean Segura's groundout, but he got the final out to record his first save since May 9, 2014.
NOTES: Cubs manager Joe Maddon said LHP Clayton Richard will be recalled from Triple-A Iowa on Sunday and start the series finale at Milwaukee. Maddon added that RHP Dan Haren, acquired Friday in a trade with Miami, probably will make his first start Wednesday at Pittsburgh. ... Chicago officially added Haren and right-handed reliever Tommy Hunter to the 25-man active roster on Saturday. To make room for them, RHP Yoervis Medina was optioned to Triple-A Iowa. RHP Ben Rowen was designated for assignment Friday. ... Brewers manager Craig Counsell gave C Jonathan Lucroy a day off. He will be back in the lineup Sunday, Counsell said. ... Hernan Perez was back in the Brewers' lineup Saturday. Counsell said Perez will get most of the action at third base the rest of the way as Milwaukee looks for a long-term replacement for Aramis Ramirez, who was dealt to Pittsburgh.