Cubs Win Against Brewers Like Old Days

                                           

Chicago, IL- The Cubs came out today, and play liked the Cubs of 1937 in their 4-2 win over the Brewers.

Travis Wood struggled out of the gate early, but was able to put the first behind him after the tough inning. After getting Rickie Weeks out, Wood ended up walking Jean Segura. With two outs, Wood loaded the bases with walks to Johnathan Lucory and Mark Reynolds. Instead of capitalizing on the opportunity, Khris Davis hit into a ground-out to end the inning.

With the Brewers failing to capitalize in the top of the first, the Cubs followed the same path in the bottom of the first. With one out, Junior Lake was able to get on second with a double. However, Rizzo and Castro got out to end the inning.

After Travis Wood regained his control in the second to pitch a shutout inning, the Cubs were ready to score the bottom half. Luis Valbuena leadoff the inning with a walk, and Wellington Castillo gave the Cubs a 2-0 lead with a two-run home run. The Cubs weren't able to do anything else in the inning, but came out of the inning with a safe lead.

The game kept cruising into the bottom of the third, as Travis Wood was pitching well against the Brewers. The Cubs decided to back up Wood more, as they scored another run in the bottom of the third. With two outs, Starlin Castro hit a double, and afterwards he came home on a Luis Valbuena RBI double. Castillo ended the inning with a fly-out, which left a runner on second, but the Cubs came out of the inning with a 3-0 lead.

With the Brewers still being cold in the top of the fourth, the Cubs continued to keep up the hot offense in the bottom of the fourth. Mike Olt leadoff the inning with a home run, which was a shot to left field. The inning ended shortly though, as they stranded Emilio Bonifacio at second base.

It took four innings, but the Brewers finally figured out how to score against Travis Wood in the top of the fifth. With two outs, Rickie Weeks ended up putting the Brewers on the board with a two-run home run after Logan Schafer doubled. That was all the runs the Brewers would get in the inning though, as Jean Segura was called out on strikes.

Neither team scored the rest of the game, but Hector Rondon was able to pick up his fifth save of the season. Travis Wood got the win, while Marca Estrada got the lost.\

Game Notes:
-At one point in the game Travis Wood retired ten straight batters

-Daniel (DanielDoreCTC)