Final
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Brewers go for sweep of Cubs
May 13, 2012 - 3:18 PMVideo
In Saturday's middle game, Edwin Maysonet's first career grand slam highlighted a five-run sixth inning, helping the Brewers down the Cubs, 8-2.
Shaun Marcum (2-1) fanned six and allowed a run on three hits and two walks over seven strong innings.
Travis Ishikawa had two doubles and scored a pair of runs for Milwaukee, which has won three of its last four.
Tony Campana had two hits, including an RBI double for Chicago, which has dropped 10 consecutive games in Milwaukee.
Chris Volstad (0-5) surrendered just four hits through the first five innings, but was touched for five of them in Milwaukee's five-run sixth.
Meanwhile, Estrada began the year in the bullpen and made five appearances in relief with a 3.00 earned runs average before jumping into the rotation when starter Chris Narveson went down for the year with a knee injury.
He's 0-2 in three starts while allowing 17 hits and 11 runs in 18 innings as his ERA swelled to 4.50.
Estrada has made five relief outings against the Cubs and has allowed eight runs on six hits in 6 1/3 innings.
Chicago goes with another former reliever, right-hander Jeff Samardzija, who starts against the Brewers for the second time.
The former Notre Dame football player made 123 of his first 128 big-league appearances from the bullpen - including 75 last season - but has taken well to starting in 2012 while winning four of five decisions.
He tossed seven innings of one-run ball for victory No. 4 on May 7, defeating Atlanta, 5-1, with two walks and seven strikeouts.
He's 2-2 with a 4.84 ERA in 22 1/3 innings against Milwaukee.
Milwaukee won 10 of the 16 meetings last season with the Cubs and took three of four in a series at Wrigley Field this year from April 9-12.
- CHICAGO: 8
MILWAUKEE: 2
Final
May 13 5:29 PM - Starlin Castro single to left scored David DeJesus with one out. On the play, Tony Campana advances to second. Runners on first and second and Bryan LaHair due up.
Cubs 8, Brewers 2 Top 9, 1 OutMay 13 5:12 PM - Tony Campana single to right scored Darwin Barney with one out. On the play, David DeJesus advances to second. Runners on first and second and Starlin Castro due up.
Cubs 7, Brewers 2 Top 9, 1 OutMay 13 5:11 PM - Darwin Barney double to right scored Geovany Soto with none out. Runner on second and Joe Mather due up.
Cubs 6, Brewers 2 Top 9, 0 OutsMay 13 5:05 PM - Alfonso Soriano advances to third on a wild pitch. Runner on third with two outs and Ian Stewart at the plate.
Cubs 5, Brewers 2 Top 8, 2 OutsMay 13 4:47 PM - Tony Campana scores on a wild pitch with two outs. Bryan LaHair advances to second on a wild pitch. Runner on second with two outs and Alfonso Soriano at the plate.
Cubs 4, Brewers 2 Top 8, 2 OutsMay 13 4:46 PM - Darwin Barney reached first on Edwin Maysonet's throwing error scored Ian Stewart with two outs. Runner on first and Shawn Camp due up.
Cubs 3, Brewers 2 Top 7, 2 OutsMay 13 4:17 PM - Taylor Green single to short scored Aramis Ramirez with two outs. On the play, Corey Hart advances to third. Runners on first and third and Brooks Conrad due up.
Cubs 2, Brewers 2 Bot 6, 2 OutsMay 13 4:06 PM - Pinch-Hitter Reed Johnson lead-off Home Run (1) to left. David DeJesus due up.
Cubs 2, Brewers 1 Top 6, 0 OutsMay 13 3:42 PM - Ian Stewart one-out, solo Home Run (4) to right. Geovany Soto due up.
Cubs 1, Brewers 1 Top 5, 1 OutMay 13 3:24 PM - Taylor Green sacrifice fly out to right scored Ryan Braun with two outs. Runner on second and Brooks Conrad due up.
Cubs 0, Brewers 1 Bot 4, 2 OutsMay 13 3:17 PM - CHICAGO: 0
MILWAUKEE: 0
Top 1, 0 Outs
May 13 2:11 PM
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