The bases were loaded for Christian Yelich who walked on four straight pitches to tie the game. After a Jace Peterson strikeout, Kolton Wong pinch hit for Jonathan Davis and was promptly hit in the knee by a first pitch knuckle curve.

After a Victor Caratini strikeout, Keston Hiura ripped a double to left center putting runners at second and third with one out. Urias led off the bottom of the inning with a single on a soft fly to right. It was still tied in the top of the night when Brewer closer Josh Hader allowed a crazy inside the park home run to Seiya Suzuki giving the Cubs a one run lead. Pedro Severino promptly doubled for his first hit as a Brewer driving in Hiura and tying the game. After getting two outs in the sixth, Steele walked Keston Hiura who promptly stole second. The Brewers needed Lauer to return to form as Cubs’ starter Justin Steele held the Brewers hitless until a lead-off double by Luis Urias in the fifth.

He allowed only one more hit while walking two and striking out nine over six innings of work. It was the first MLB homer for the Cubs’ 23-year-old rookie.īut that was all Lauer would allow as he flashed the talent that dazzled early on in the season. It looked like more of the same in Game One against the Chicago Cubs as Lauer served up a tater in the top of the third to center fielder, Nelson Velasquez. Lauer’s ERA in five June starts was a whopping 6.83 mostly due to the eight home runs he allowed. At the end of May he was sporting a nifty 2.49 ERA with 61 strikeouts over 50 and 2/3 innings. Cubs 2, Brewers 5 (Final Score) on MLB GamedayĮric Lauer was arguably one of the best pitchers in baseball over the first two months of the season.

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