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September 8, 2026 · NL Cent

Chicago Cubs vs Milwaukee Brewers

September 8, 2026American Family FieldRoof Closed 75°F · 0 mph, None
AWAY
Chicago Cubs
81-65
3
vs
HOME
Milwaukee Brewers
90-56
4

Game Highlights

Published September 8, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T1 Michael Busch Michael Busch singles on a line drive to right fielder Luis Lara. Seiya Suzuki scores. CHC 1, MIL 0
B1 Brice Turang Brice Turang singles on a ground ball to center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong. Jackson Chourio scores. CHC 1, MIL 1
T9 Carson Kelly Carson Kelly doubles (14) on a fly ball to center fielder Garrett Mitchell. Nico Hoerner scores. Pedro Ramírez scores. Michael Conforto to 3rd. CHC 3, MIL 1
B9 Jackson Chourio Jackson Chourio homers (22) on a fly ball to left field. Christian Yelich scores. CHC 3, MIL 3
B10 Luis Lara Luis Lara singles on a line drive to left fielder Matt Shaw. Brice Turang scores. William Contreras to 3rd. Sal Frelick to 2nd. CHC 3, MIL 4

Box score

  12345678910 R
CHC 1000000020 3
MIL 1000000021 4

Pitching & bullpen

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

Cubs AWAY 3

David Peterson started for Cubs, leaving with the game tied 1–1. Out of the bullpen, Jacob Webb took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • David Peterson Starter 4.1 83 1 4
    Pitch-by-pitch: what David Peterson threw
    CSW 29% 1st-pitch strike 45% 4.2 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sinker 26 31% 1 4 2 13 6
    Four-Seam Fastball 17 20% 3 3 2 7 2
    Slider 17 20% 1 2 4 9 1
    Curveball 12 14% 0 6 2 4 0
    Changeup 11 13% 1 3 0 3 4
  • Trent Thornton Middle 0.2 6 0 1 inherited 2, stranded 2
  • Aaron Civale Reliever 2.0 26 0 4
  • Ryan Rolison Middle 1.0 13 0 1
  • Jacob Webb Middle 1.0 19 2 1 BS
  • Caleb Thielbar Middle 0.1 10 1 1 L
Brewers HOME 4

Jacob Misiorowski started for Brewers, leaving with the game tied 1–1. Out of the bullpen, Trevor Megill took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Jacob Misiorowski Starter 6.1 93 1 9
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Jacob Misiorowski threw
    CSW 33% 1st-pitch strike 54% 3.9 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 63 68% 12 14 13 20 4
    Slider 12 13% 1 1 3 3 4
    Cutter 11 12% 1 1 2 5 2
    Curveball 7 8% 0 1 2 1 3
  • Chad Patrick Middle 0.1 9 0 1
  • Aaron Ashby Setup 0.1 1 0 0 inherited 2, stranded 2
  • Antonio Senzatela Middle 1.0 11 0 0
  • Trevor Megill Closer 0.1 25 2 1
  • DL Hall Middle 1.2 17 0 1 W inherited 2, stranded 2

Where the game turned

1 run Bottom 10th · off Thielbar
  • Lara 1B (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · CHC
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Pete Crow-Armstrong CF 5 0 1 0 0 2 .281 .375 .574 .949 SB
Seiya Suzuki RF 5 1 1 0 0 0 .268 .367 .477 .844 2B
Alex Bregman 3B 5 0 0 0 0 0 .259 .348 .439 .787
Michael Busch 1B 3 0 1 1 2 1 .236 .345 .390 .735
Nico Hoerner SS 5 1 2 0 0 0 .266 .319 .359 .678
Pedro Ramírez 2B 2 1 1 0 0 1 .266 .325 .417 .742
Matt Shaw LF 3 0 0 0 1 3 .237 .324 .428 .752
Michael Conforto DH 0 0 0 0 1 0 .241 .340 .487 .827
Carson Kelly C 1 0 1 2 0 0 .259 .338 .387 .725 2B
Ian Happ LF 2 0 0 0 0 2 .220 .326 .414 .740
Tyrone Taylor DH 2 0 0 0 0 1 .284 .332 .517 .849
Miguel Amaya C 2 0 0 0 0 2 .234 .343 .360 .703
HOME · MIL
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Jackson Chourio LF 5 2 4 2 0 0 .286 .343 .484 .827 HR (22), 2B
Brice Turang 2B 4 1 3 1 1 0 .259 .355 .428 .783 2B
Jake Bauers 1B 3 0 0 0 0 2 .268 .395 .490 .885
William Contreras C 4 0 1 0 1 2 .269 .338 .402 .740
Sal Frelick DH 1 0 1 0 0 0 .235 .300 .329 .629
Luis Lara RF 5 0 1 1 0 2 .260 .333 .353 .686
Joey Ortiz SS 4 0 1 0 0 2 .255 .318 .388 .706
Garrett Mitchell CF 4 0 0 0 0 3 .261 .353 .412 .765
Andrew Vaughn 1B 2 0 0 0 0 0 .310 .396 .454 .850
Gary Sánchez DH 1 0 0 0 3 1 .210 .358 .429 .787
Cooper Pratt SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 .269 .340 .368 .708
Christian Yelich PH 1 1 1 0 0 0 .241 .321 .386 .707

Pitching lines

AWAY · CHC
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
David Peterson 4.1 6 1 1 3 4 0 83 5.28
Trent Thornton 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 3.50
Aaron Civale 2.0 0 0 0 0 4 0 26 4.28
Ryan Rolison 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 13 2.84
Jacob Webb 1.0 2 2 2 0 1 1 19 3.36 BS
Caleb Thielbar 0.1 2 1 0 1 1 0 10 5.00 L
HOME · MIL
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Jacob Misiorowski 6.1 4 1 1 2 9 0 93 1.95
Chad Patrick 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 3.24
Aaron Ashby 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.25
Antonio Senzatela 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 4.12
Trevor Megill 0.1 3 2 2 1 1 0 25 2.59
DL Hall 1.2 0 0 0 1 1 0 17 2.12 W

Manager comparison

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

Recent form

AWAY · CHC
6-4 W2 +22 run diff
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HOME · MIL
8-2 W3 +32 run diff
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Season series: 2-5 with CHC 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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