Brewers beat Cubs as central race heats up

CHICAGO – A 7-0 win over the Cubs on Friday afternoon at Wrigley Field has extended the Brewers' winning streak to seven games. This earned them a virtual tie with Chicago for first place in the Central League, with St. Louis behind. And since it was the brewer

CHICAGO – A 7-0 win over the Cubs on Friday afternoon at Wrigley Field has extended the Brewers' winning streak to seven games. This earned them a virtual tie with Chicago for first place in the Central League, with St. Louis behind. And as it was the 40th Brewers game, that means they will be tied for the first time when they cross the first quarter of the regular season in the middle of the fourth round on Saturday.

In other words, this thing happens like most prognostic prognosticators.

• The score of the box

"It's a challenge," Brewers manager Craig Counsell said as his team got ready to play Wrigley Field for the first time since winning the playoff match against NL Central this year. latest. "You learn all about it when you have to play a 163rd match. You know that everything is significant. As we have already discussed, this was clearly explained to us last year – you really feel like you are talking about it every day. Guys are all aware, of course. We talked about it with the guys.

"We are in this division. There are good teams in there. It's competitive. There are no easy games. It is what it is. "

Friday was one of those hard games. Gio Gonzalez gave up two hits while throwing a goal-free ball into the sixth inning to lower his ERA to 1.69 in three starts since the Brewers brought him back, and the raisers Corbin Burnes and Junior Guerra everyone escaped jams while the game was still tight.

After the Brewers went to him at Miller Park last month, Cubs starter Jose Quintana found his form, which limited the Brewers to Ryan BraunThe fourth inning of the team's race is in the fourth inning, before Milwaukee picks up two more points in the seventh. The Braun circuit earned him 18 homers and 69 RBIs in 84 career matches at Wrigley Field, ahead of 29 players and 75 points produced by Albert Pujols among active players.

And the Intermediate mediators of the Brewers shone. Second baseman Hernán Pérez made a pair of scintillating stops, including a slippery and twisted game on a ground ball from Albert Almora Jr. in the third inning that deprived the Cubs of a 1-0 lead. In seventh place, with the Brewers' lead at 3-0, short stop Orlando Arcia did a double game without help, keeping the runner vigilant before reaching the third place. This decision finally prevented the Cubs from running.

Just like last October in Game 163, the Brewers finished first. But the celebration in the enlarged and renovated visitors' pavilion was softened this time around.

"It's a different year, different teams, a different situation," said Christian Yelich Friday morning. "On entering, I may have thought about it for a second, but it's even a different clubhouse. Everything is completely different. Obviously, it was a lot of fun last year and it's our first time since. But it's a lot of different circumstances.