Brewers Play Trash Defense, Cubs Shut Them Out And Win Again

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The Chicago Cubs have absolutely owned the Milwaukee Brewers so far in 2018. Saturday’s 3-0 win at Wrigley Field was the Cubs third win in a row and sixth in seven games over the Brewers, who played some trash defense.

The Cubs haven’t just beaten the Brewers six times, they’ve dominated their offense by shutting them out four times already. After these three games at Wrigley Field, Milwaukee has only scored nine runs in seven games against the Cubs.

Jose Quintana followed Kyle Hendricks and Yu Darvish’s great starts with seven shutout innings. He has allowed no runs in his last three outings facing the Brewers, dating back to 2017.

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He was great again Saturday, giving up only two hits and a walk, while striking out seven.

The Cubs offense hasn’t really scored many runs in this series, but it’s done enough to win. Milwaukee’s defense helped out on Saturday, as two plays led to three runs for the Cubs.

The first came on a Javier Baez pop-fly with two outs.

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Then, in the seventh inning Tommy La Stella blooped a ball to left field and after taking forever to get the ball back into the infield, Jason Heyward ended up scoring too from second base.

#Brewers @ #Cubs

La Stella's two-run single (01:05)

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Meanwhile, the Cubs played good defense, as Albert Almora Jr. came to the rescue in the first inning and then Baez saved a run with yet another dazzling play, as he filled in for Addison Russell at shortstop.