BREWERS SEND CUBS TO 10TH STRAIGHT 'L'
Lohse Loses Shutout in 9th
CHICAGO, May 16 (AP) - Kyle Lohse fired a complete game leading the Milwaukee
Brewers past the Chicago Cubs 9-1 at Wrigley Field. The loss was the 10th
in a row for the Cubs, the longest losing streak of the major league season to
date.
The Brewers jumped all over Cubs starter Jeff Samardzija for four runs over the
first two innings and even though Samardzija righted the ship impressively
thereafter, Milwaukee had already produced more than enough offense. Logan
Schafer, subbing in for Carlos Gomez, set the tone immediately when he led off
the game with his first home run of the season, the second Brewers lead-off home
run of the season. Jean Segura then doubled and scored on Scooter
Gennett's base hit. Milwaukee ultimately loaded the bases with one out
following a pair of walks but Samardzija was able to avoid further damage and
the Brewers took a 2-0 lead to the bottom of the frame.
After Lohse kept the Cubs off the board in the bottom of the inning the Brewers
doubled their advantage in the top of the second. Lohse opened the inning
with a base hit and advanced to third on Schafer's two-bagger. Segura
grounded to short, scoring Lohse to make it 3-0 and, after Gennett flied to
left, Jonathan Lucroy doubled to right, scoring Schafer to put Milwaukee on top
4-0.
That was effectively the ball game. Chicago didn't advance a runner past
second base until the ninth inning, and even then they needed a Milwaukee miscue
to do do. Samardzija regrouped after the two poor innings at the start,
retiring 10 in a row at one point and giving his team a chance before exiting
the game after six innings still trailing 4-0.
The Brewers then pummeled the Cubs bullpen, with some assistance from the
Chicago defense. With Wesley Wright on the hill for the Cubs in the
seventh, Gennett reached to open the inning when first baseman Anthony Rizzo
botched a ground ball for an error. Lucroy walked, putting runners on
first and second and Lyle Overbay singled to center. Gennett tried to
score and Emil Bonifacio's attempt to cut the runner down at the plate was wild;
the throwing error left runners on second and third and no outs. Jose
Veras replaced Wright and Mark Reynolds grounded into a fielder's choice, with
Lucroy being thrown out at the plate but Khris Davis singled home Overbay to
give Milwaukee a 6-0 lead.
The Brewers capped their scoring in the ninth with three more runs. Facing
Brian Schlitter, Overbay walked, Reynolds singled and Davis drew a free pass to
load the bases and Elian Herrera cleared them with a ringing double. It
was now 9-0.
As the game moved to the bottom of the ninth the only question was whether Lohse
would be able to complete the shutout. It wasn't to be. Junior Lake
reached on an error charged to second baseman Gennett. Rizzo struck out,
but a passed ball on the third strike allowed Lake to advance to second.
Starlin Castro singled to center, moving Lake to third and Luis Valbuena walked,
filling the bases. Wellington Castillo then lifted a sacrifice fly,
scoring Lake and ending the shutout bid on an unearned run. Chris Coughlan,
batting as a pinch hitter, filed out to end the contest, giving Lohse the
complete game if not the whitewash.
5/16/2014, Mil14-ChN14, Wrigley Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2014 Brewers 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 9 12 1 11 0 2014 Cubs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 3 6 0 Brewers AB R H BI AVG Cubs AB R H BI AVG Schafer,L cf 5 2 2 2 .115 Bonifacio cf 4 0 1 0 .272 Segura ss 6 1 1 1 .224 Lake lf 4 1 0 0 .165 Gennett 2b 5 1 1 1 .285 Rizzo 1b 4 0 0 0 .282 Lucroy c 4 0 1 1 .352 Castro,S ss 3 0 2 0 .306 Overbay 1b 3 2 1 1 .233 Valbuena 3b 3 0 0 0 .222 Reynolds 3b 4 1 2 0 .196 Castillo,W c 3 0 1 1 .237 Bianchi 3b 0 0 0 0 .061 Schierholtz rf 3 0 0 0 .154 Davis,K lf 4 1 1 1 .250 Schlitter p 0 0 0 0 .000 Herrera,E rf 5 0 2 2 .344 Rondon,H p 0 0 0 0 .000 Lohse p 4 1 1 0 .136 Coghlan ph 1 0 0 0 .143 40 9 12 9 Barney 2b 3 0 0 0 .195 Samardzija p 2 0 0 0 .105 Wright,W p 0 0 0 0 .000 Veras p 0 0 0 0 .000 Kalish rf 1 0 0 0 .293 31 1 4 1 Brewers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Lohse W 3-3 9.0 4 1 0 1 7 119 80 2.08 9.0 4 1 0 1 7 119 80 Cubs INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Samardzija L 2-4 6.0 8 4 4 2 3 110 69 4.17 Wright,W 0.0 1 2 0 1 0 8 4 9.64 Veras 1.1 1 0 0 1 1 31 19 1.59 Schlitter 0.2 1 3 3 2 0 20 7 6.94 Rondon,H 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 12 9 1.72 9.0 12 9 7 6 5 181 108 Mil: Bianchi inserted at 3b in the 9th ChN: Kalish inserted at rf in the 8th Coghlan batted for Rondon,H in the 9th E-Gennett, Bonifacio, Rizzo 2. 2B-Schafer,L(4), Segura(3), Lucroy(13), Herrera,E(3). HR-Schafer,L(1). RBI-Schafer,L 2(5), Segura(8), Gennett(22), Lucroy(17), Overbay(4), Davis,K(20), Herrera,E 2(6), Castillo,W(23). SB-Schafer,L(1). K-Gennett, Reynolds, Davis,K, Lohse 2, Lake, Rizzo 3, Schierholtz, Barney, Samardzija. BB-Schafer,L, Lucroy, Overbay 2, Reynolds, Davis,K, Valbuena. SH-Lohse. SF-Castillo,W. HBP-Castro,S. PB-Lucroy. HB-Lohse. WP-Samardzija. GWRBI: Schafer,L Temperature: 67, Sky: clear, Wind: out to right at 7 MPH. Attendance: 41,205 Game Time: 3:16