Top 1
Right-hander Trevor Williams making his Cubs debut. Kolten Wong grounds out to first. Keston Hiura grounds out to second. Williams strikes out Christian Yelich with a change up to end the first. Score: Brewers 0, Cubs 0Bottom 1
Ian Happ lines out to right against lefty Brett Anderson. Willson Contreras goes after the first pitch and flies out to right. An easy 1-2-3 first for Anderson a Kris Bryant grounds out to first. Score: Brewers 0, Cubs 0Top 2
Avisail Garcia attacks the first pitch from Williams and flies out to Bryant in right field.
Jackie Bradley Jr. grounds out to first.
Luis Urías strikes out swinging.
Score: Brewers 0, Cubs 0
Bottom 2
Anthony Rizzo grounds out to first. Javier Báez grounds out sharply to third. David Bote also grounds out. This time to first. Score: Brewers 0, Cubs 0Top 3
Brewers swing at the first pitch again and Omar Narvaez grounds out to first. Orlando Arcia grounds out to second. Anderson with a come backer to Williams and another 1-2-3 inning for the Cubs' righty. Score: Brewers 0, Cubs 0Bottom 3
Jake Marisinick with a groundout to first. Matt Duffy making his first start and he grounds out. That's six outs on the ground in a row. Anderson strikes out Williams. Both pitchers perfect through three. Score: Brewers 0, Cubs 0Top 4
Wong lines out to Bryant. Hiura strikes out swinging. Yelich strikes out swinging. What a start for Williams! Score: Brewers 0, Cubs 0Bottom 4
Happ draws the walk and the perfect game is no more for Anderson. Say goodbye to the no-hitter and shutout, too. WILLSON! Must feel good after a sluggish series against the Pirates for Contreras. Bryant strikes out swinging. Rizzo flies out to right. JAVY GOES OPPO TACO! Make it back-to-back homers! David Bote with a BOMB! Marisnick strikes out looking. Score: Brewers 0, Cubs 4Top 5
Williams keeps it rolling and strikes out Garcia. Another strikeout. Bradley Jr. called out on strikes. Urias grounds out to Duffy at third. A quick 10-pitch inning for Williams. Score: Brewers 0, Cubs 4Bottom 5
Duffy drills a double to right-center. Cubs hitting Anderson hard now. Williams can't get the sac-bunt down and ends up striking out looking. Happ bunts, Duffy to third. Weird decision there. Contreras hustles down the line, but he can't beat the throw from shortstop. Cubs can't cash in the leadoff double. Score: Brewers 0, Cubs 4Top 6
Narvaez breaks up the perfect game for Williams, beating the shift and grounding a ball to left field. Arcia lines out to center. Daniel Vogelbach pinch-hits for Anderson and walks. Wong gets hit by a pitch and all of a sudden the bases are loaded. Williams gets a double play off the bat of Hiura to end the scoring threat.Score: Brewers 0, Cubs 4
Bottom 6
KB with a leadoff walk. Rizzo flies out to left. Javy gets hit right on the knee.Bote grounds into a double play and the inning comes to an end. Score: Brewers 0, Cubs 4
Top 7
Yelich draws a walk. Garcia singles to left. Williams gets a standing ovation coming off the mound. David Ross brings in Jason Adam. Bote had a chance to turn two, but can only throw out Bradley Jr. at first. Runners advance to second and third. Urias strikes out swinging against Adam. Shit, Narvaez homers to third and now it's 4-3.Arcia reaches on an infield hit. Another play Bote should have made. Ross makes a double-switch, bringing in lefty Andrew Chafin, while Eric Sogard replaces Bote. Daniel Robertson strikes out swinging. Score: Brewers 3, Cubs 4
Bottom 7
Tough righty Devin Williams comes in to pitch for the Brewers. Marisnick with a leadoff walk and then he steals second base.Duffy with a deep fly ball to right that advances Marisnick to third base. Sogard with a triple to right field, Duffy Marisnick scores and the Cubs lead 5-3!
And that was no easy feat against Williams.
Happ strikes out swinging. Holy shit. Contreras drilled on the head. He stays in, but this was scary.
Bryant fouls out to end the inning. Score: Brewers 3, Cubs 5
Top 8
Chafin strikes out the side! Top of the order goes down in order. First Wong, then Hiura and Yelich. Impressive stuff from the Cubs' lefty. Score: Brewers 3, Cubs 5Bottom 8
Rizzo grounds out to the right side. Javy grounds out to third. Joc Pederson pinch-hits for the pitcher and strikes out swinging on a 3-2 pitch. Score: Brewers 3, Cubs 5Top 9
Alec Mills in for the save opportunity. Craig Kimbrel pitched two innings during the weekend against the Pirates. Garcia works a full count and then drives a ball to the warning track in dead center. Marisnick runs it down for the first out. Javy throws out Bradley Jr from the right side of the infield. Urias strikes out swinging!Trevor Williams perfect through five. Great debut for him. Cubs blast three homers against Brett Anderson and that's three wins in a row! FINAL: Brewers 3, Cubs 5
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