Milwaukee 4, Chi. Cubs 3
When: 2:10 PM ET, Thursday, June 7, 2012
Where: Miller Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Temperature:
75°
Umpires:
Home -
Paul Schrieber, 1B -
Lance Barrett, 2B -
Lazaro Diaz, 3B -
Mike Everitt
Attendance:
30123
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Brewers 4, Cubs 3 (10): Norichika Aoki hit two home runs, including a walk-off blast to lead off the bottom of the 10th inning as the host Brewers won the rubber game of the three-game series.
After two blowouts in the first two games of the series, Aoki capped a dramatic series finale by lining a 2-0 pitch off Casey Coleman (0-1) just over the right-field wall.
John Axford (1-2) earned the win with two scoreless innings for Milwaukee, which trailed 3-2 after Bryan LaHair belted a pinch-hit, two-run homer off Francisco Rodriguez in the top of the eighth inning.
The Brewers answered in the bottom half when Aoki singled and scored on Corey Hart’s pinch-hit, two-out ground-rule double. Aoki went 3-for-5 with two runs scored.
Aoki gave the Brewers an early lead with his solo homer in the fourth off Matt Garza, who remained winless in his last six starts. Milwaukee extended its lead in the sixth on George Kottaras’ RBI single.
Chicago cut into the Brewers’ lead in the seventh when Koyie Hill’s RBI double scored Jeff Baker.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Brewers 3B Aramis Ramirez (quad) was out of the starting lineup for his fifth straight game but appeared as a pinch hitter in the eighth inning. ... Wolf gave up one unearned run over 6 2/3 innings but remained winless since April 30. … The Brewers committed just their second error in the last 16 games. ... The Cubs have lost 12 of their last 14 games at Miller Park.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Chi. Cubs |
|
Milwaukee |
|
Matt Garza
|
Player |
Randy Wolf
|
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
6.0 |
IP |
6.2 |
|
6 |
Strikeouts |
6 |
|
4 |
Hits |
4 |
|
3.00 |
ERA |
0.00 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Chi. Cubs
|
7 |
1 |
12 |
.189 |
14 |
8 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
| Milwaukee
|
7 |
2 |
15 |
.212 |
10 |
9 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
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