Cubs hold off Brewers 6-4, boost NL Central lead to 4 games

Daniel Murphy and Kyle Schwarber homered to back a solid start from Jose Quintana, and the Chicago Cubs held off the Milwaukee Brewers 6-4 on Wednesday night to avert a three-game sweep.
Sep 6, 2018, 06:45 am - Associated Press
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J. Quintana
win

J. Quintana12-9

6.2 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 5 K, 2 BB
J. Chacin
loss

J. Chacin14-6

4.2 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 5 K, 1 BB
P. Strop
save

P. Strop12

1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 K, 1 BB

Scoring Summary

Inning

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4thMurphy homered to left center.10
4thRizzo singled to center, Báez to second, Báez to third, Rizzo to second on throwing error by center fielder Cain.Báez scored, Rizzo to third on throwing error by shortstop Arcia.20
4thZobrist doubled to right, Rizzo scored.30
4thContreras reached on infield single to second, Zobrist scored, Schwarber tagged out at third.40
4thSchoop singled to left, Pérez scored, Braun to second.41
5thZobrist singled to center, Murphy scored, Rizzo thrown out at home.51
6thSchwarber homered to right (436 feet).61
6thSchoop grounded out to second, Aguilar scored, Braun to third.62
7thGranderson homered to right (389 feet), Cain scored.64
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