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August 31, 2026 · NL Cent

Milwaukee Brewers vs Chicago Cubs

August 31, 2026Wrigley FieldPartly Cloudy 81°F · 2 mph, Out To CF
AWAY
Milwaukee Brewers
85-53
3
vs
HOME
Chicago Cubs
78-60
17

Game Highlights

Published August 31, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
B1 Tyrone Taylor Tyrone Taylor homers (11) on a fly ball to left center field. Seiya Suzuki scores. MIL 0, CHC 2
B1 Nico Hoerner Nico Hoerner homers (8) on a fly ball to left center field. MIL 0, CHC 3
B1 Carson Kelly Carson Kelly singles on a ground ball to left fielder Jackson Chourio. Michael Busch scores. MIL 0, CHC 4
B2 Alex Bregman Alex Bregman homers (21) on a fly ball to left field. Seiya Suzuki scores. MIL 0, CHC 6
B4 Seiya Suzuki Seiya Suzuki homers (24) on a fly ball to center field. MIL 0, CHC 7
B4 Alex Bregman Alex Bregman homers (22) on a fly ball to left center field. MIL 0, CHC 8
B4 Miguel Amaya Miguel Amaya walks. Tyrone Taylor scores. Nico Hoerner to 3rd. Carson Kelly to 2nd. MIL 0, CHC 9
T7 Cooper Pratt Cooper Pratt homers (3) on a fly ball to left field. Luis Lara scores. MIL 2, CHC 9
B7 Carson Kelly Carson Kelly homers (10) on a fly ball to left field. MIL 2, CHC 10
B7 Matt Shaw Matt Shaw homers (5) on a fly ball to left field. Miguel Amaya scores. MIL 2, CHC 12
B7 Tyrone Taylor Tyrone Taylor singles on a line drive to left fielder Jackson Chourio. Pete Crow-Armstrong scores. MIL 2, CHC 13
T8 Andrew Vaughn Andrew Vaughn singles on a ground ball to center fielder Tyrone Taylor. Jackson Chourio scores. MIL 3, CHC 13
B8 Michael Conforto Michael Conforto homers (13) on a fly ball to right field. Miguel Amaya scores. Matt Shaw scores. MIL 3, CHC 16
B8 Alex Bregman Alex Bregman homers (23) on a fly ball to left center field. MIL 3, CHC 17

Box score

  123456789 R
MIL 000000210 3
CHC 420300440 17

Pitching & bullpen

How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.

Brewers AWAY 3

Kyle Harrison started for Brewers, leaving trailing 0–9. Out of the bullpen, Andrew Vaughn took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Kyle Harrison Starter 3.2 98 9 3 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Kyle Harrison threw
    CSW 17% 1st-pitch strike 54% 4.1 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 51 52% 2 5 16 14 14
    Slurve 32 33% 4 4 6 14 4
    Changeup 14 14% 1 1 4 7 1
    Sinker 1 1% 0 0 0 1 0
  • Chad Patrick Middle 1.1 21 0 0 inherited 2, 1 scored
  • DL Hall Middle 1.0 18 1 0
  • Andrew Vaughn Reliever 2.0 55 7 0
Cubs HOME 17

Clay Holmes started for Cubs, leaving with a 9–0 lead. Out of the bullpen, Ryan Rolison took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Clay Holmes Starter 6.0 101 0 8 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Clay Holmes threw
    CSW 38% 1st-pitch strike 65% 4.4 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sinker 37 37% 3 11 4 13 6
    Cutter 22 22% 6 6 4 4 2
    Sweeper 21 21% 0 4 2 12 3
    Changeup 10 10% 3 0 1 5 1
    Curveball 7 7% 1 3 1 2 0
    Four-Seam Fastball 4 4% 1 0 1 1 1
  • Ryan Rolison Middle 1.0 12 2 0
  • Colin Rea Reliever 2.0 29 1 3

Where the game turned

2 runs Bottom 1st · off Harrison
  • Taylor HR (2)

Batting lines

AWAY · MIL
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Brice Turang 2B 4 0 0 0 0 2 .253 .347 .425 .772
Jackson Chourio LF 4 1 1 0 0 2 .281 .342 .476 .818 2B
Andrew Vaughn P 1 0 1 1 0 0 .310 .397 .448 .845
Gary Sánchez C 1 0 0 0 0 1 .206 .346 .427 .773
Joey Ortiz 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .252 .317 .380 .697
Luis Lara CF 2 1 1 0 0 0 .276 .345 .386 .731 2B
Sal Frelick RF 4 0 0 0 0 2 .238 .306 .333 .639
David Hamilton 3B 4 0 1 0 0 1 .241 .313 .332 .645
Cooper Pratt SS 4 1 2 2 0 0 .270 .339 .371 .710 HR (3)
Jake Bauers 1B 2 0 1 0 1 0 .274 .389 .498 .887
William Contreras C 2 0 1 0 1 0 .272 .342 .401 .743 2B
Christian Yelich DH 3 0 0 0 0 2 .238 .318 .381 .699
Garrett Mitchell CF 2 0 1 0 0 1 .260 .355 .411 .766
HOME · CHC
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Michael Conforto LF 1 1 1 3 0 0 .235 .325 .479 .804 HR (13)
Seiya Suzuki RF 5 3 3 1 1 0 .278 .370 .495 .865 HR (24)
Alex Bregman 3B 6 3 3 4 0 0 .258 .345 .440 .785 3 HR (21, 22, 23)
Tyrone Taylor CF 6 2 4 3 0 0 .280 .332 .513 .845 HR (11)
Gabriel Arias SS 1 0 1 0 1 0 .239 .281 .370 .651
Michael Busch 1B 5 1 1 0 1 1 .239 .349 .391 .740 2B
Carson Kelly C 5 1 3 2 1 0 .265 .348 .398 .746 HR (10)
Miguel Amaya DH 3 2 1 1 1 1 .232 .339 .358 .697
Matt Shaw 2B 4 2 1 2 1 0 .248 .329 .438 .767 HR (5)
Pete Crow-Armstrong CF 5 1 1 0 0 1 .282 .376 .573 .949
Nico Hoerner SS 3 1 1 1 1 0 .263 .319 .362 .681 HR (8)

Pitching lines

AWAY · MIL
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Kyle Harrison 3.2 10 9 9 2 3 5 98 3.45 L
Chad Patrick 1.1 0 0 0 2 0 0 21 3.36
DL Hall 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 1 18 2.35
Andrew Vaughn 2.0 9 7 7 3 0 3 55 30.00
HOME · CHC
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Clay Holmes 6.0 5 0 0 2 8 0 101 2.09 W
Ryan Rolison 1.0 2 2 2 0 0 1 12 3.08
Colin Rea 2.0 2 1 1 0 3 0 29 4.48

Manager comparison

AWAY · MIL
Pat Murphy
Pat Murphy
Lineup 2.7 R Bunts 4.7 R IBBs 5.3 R
HOME · CHC
Craig Counsell
Craig Counsell
Lineup 3.9 R Bunts 2.0 R IBBs 1.8 R

Recent form

AWAY · MIL
8-2 W3 +32 run diff
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HOME · CHC
6-4 W2 +22 run diff
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Season series: 5-2 with MIL listed first across 7 prior meetings.

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How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.

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