Brewers Erupt for Four Runs in Two Innings, Bury Cubs 6-2
Milwaukee turned a one-run deficit into a five-run lead in the span of two innings, sending the Cubs home with a 6-2 loss on June 26. The night's single biggest moment came when Garrett Mitchell launched a two-run shot to right center — 407 feet — swinging Milwaukee's win probability from 40% to 76% in one swing.
Seiya Suzuki gave Chicago the early edge, depositing a 409-foot solo shot to center in the fifth to put the Cubs up 1-0. It looked, briefly, like Jacob Misiorowski might be in for a long night — but the Milwaukee right-hander steadied, and his offense answered immediately. In the sixth, Mitchell's two-run homer to right center flipped the game on its head, scoring Bauers and putting Milwaukee in front 2-1. The win probability swing — from 40% to 76% — captures just how decisive that one at-bat was. David Hamilton kept the inning alive with a triple to left that scored Pratt, and just like that, the Cubs were down 3-1 without recording an out in the frame.
Milwaukee wasn't done. William Contreras put the game away in the seventh with a 449-foot missile to left center, a two-run blast that scored Chourio and pushed the lead to 5-1. That shot — the longest of the night — looks like the exclamation point on a game Milwaukee controlled from the sixth inning forward. Suzuki gave Cubs fans something to cheer in the eighth with a sacrifice fly that scored Crow-Armstrong, and Christian Yelich answered right back with a run-scoring double to left that made it 6-2, the final margin.
On the mound, Misiorowski was the story for Milwaukee: 6.0 innings, 2 hits, 1 earned run, 8 strikeouts. Four walks kept him from being dominant on paper, but the results were hard to argue with. Colin Rea gave Chicago five innings and allowed just 1 earned run, but the Cubs' bullpen couldn't hold the fort — Jayden Murray surrendered 4 hits and 3 earned runs over 2.0 innings, which is where this game got away from Chicago for good. Abner Uribe closed it out with a clean inning for Milwaukee. The Cubs are a team that appears to be running thin on pitching depth — the news that Edward Cabrera is dealing with a left hamstring/adductor strain, per ESPN, only adds to that concern. Four home runs in a 6-2 game tells you everything: Milwaukee's lineup has pop up and down the order, and on this Friday night, they used every bit of it.