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Cubs come up short after Fowler’s early blast
- Updated: May 19, 2016
MILWAUKEE — With two of their best hitters on the bench, the Brewers beat longtime nemesis Jason Hammel on Thursday for an unlikely series victory over the first-place Cubs.
Junior Guerra became the first Brewers starter to log double-digit strikeouts and Chris Carter and Kirk Nieuwenhuis homered in Milwaukee’s 5-3 win at Miller Park. The Brewers took two of three games from a Cubs club that had won 14 of the previous 15 matchups dating to last season, including five games in a row.
Hammel entered the day 8-0 in 11 career starts against Milwaukee, but he absorbed his first-ever loss to the Brewers lineup absent Ryan Braun (back) and Domingo Santana (shoulder). He allowed four runs on five hits, including Carter’s tying solo home run in the fourth inning and Nieuwenhuis’ go-ahead, two-run shot off the facade of the right-field bleachers in the sixth. Those homers backed Guerra, who surrendered a …
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