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September 9, 2026 · NL Cent

Chicago Cubs vs Milwaukee Brewers

September 9, 2026American Family FieldPartly Cloudy 81°F · 7 mph, Out To LF
AWAY
Chicago Cubs
81-66
6
vs
HOME
Milwaukee Brewers
91-56
8

Game Highlights

Published September 9, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
B1 Christian Yelich Christian Yelich homers (11) on a fly ball to left center field. Brice Turang scores. William Contreras scores. CHC 0, MIL 3
B2 Jackson Chourio Jackson Chourio homers (23) on a fly ball to center field. CHC 0, MIL 4
B2 William Contreras William Contreras homers (15) on a fly ball to left field. Brice Turang scores. CHC 0, MIL 6
B3 Jackson Chourio Jackson Chourio singles on a line drive to left fielder Michael Conforto. Garrett Mitchell scores. CHC 0, MIL 7
T4 Michael Busch Michael Busch grounds out, second baseman Brice Turang to first baseman Andrew Vaughn. Pete Crow-Armstrong scores. CHC 1, MIL 7
B6 William Contreras William Contreras singles on a sharp line drive to left fielder Michael Conforto. Brice Turang scores. CHC 1, MIL 8
T9 Ian Happ Ian Happ walks. Pete Crow-Armstrong scores. Seiya Suzuki to 3rd. Michael Busch to 2nd. CHC 2, MIL 8
T9 Nico Hoerner Nico Hoerner singles on a line drive to left fielder Jackson Chourio. Seiya Suzuki scores. Michael Busch to 3rd. Ian Happ to 2nd. CHC 3, MIL 8
T9 Pedro Ramírez Pedro Ramírez grounds out, second baseman Brice Turang to first baseman Andrew Vaughn. Michael Busch scores. Ian Happ to 3rd. Nico Hoerner to 2nd. CHC 4, MIL 8
T9 Michael Conforto Michael Conforto doubles (14) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Garrett Mitchell. Ian Happ scores. Nico Hoerner scores. CHC 6, MIL 8

Box score

  123456789 R
CHC 000100005 6
MIL 331001000 8

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 6

Kevin Gausman started for Cubs, leaving trailing 1–7. Out of the bullpen, Daniel Palencia took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Kevin Gausman Starter 4.0 94 7 6 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Kevin Gausman threw
    CSW 31% 1st-pitch strike 65% 4.1 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 49 52% 3 13 15 10 8
    Splitter 34 36% 8 2 4 14 6
    Sweeper 8 9% 2 1 1 3 1
    Slider 3 3% 0 0 0 3 0
  • Trent Thornton Middle 1.0 13 0 2
  • Daniel Palencia Middle 1.0 19 1 0
  • Caleb Thielbar Middle 1.0 8 0 1
  • Colin Rea Reliever 1.0 15 0 1
Brewers HOME 8

Logan Henderson started for Brewers, leaving with a 7–1 lead. Out of the bullpen, Brandon Sproat took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Logan Henderson Starter 5.0 95 1 6 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Logan Henderson threw
    CSW 26% 1st-pitch strike 78% 5.3 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 43 45% 4 4 18 11 6
    Changeup 42 44% 10 5 11 13 3
    Cutter 6 6% 0 1 0 5 0
    Sweeper 4 4% 0 1 0 1 2
  • JoJo Romero Setup 2.0 26 0 1 inherited 1, stranded 1
  • Brandon Sproat Reliever 1.1 36 4 1
  • Abner Uribe Setup 0.2 18 1 1 inherited 3, all 3 scored

Where the game turned

3 runs Bottom 1st · off Gausman
  • Yelich HR (3)

Batting lines

AWAY · CHC
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Pete Crow-Armstrong CF 3 2 1 0 1 1 .281 .375 .572 .947
Seiya Suzuki RF 3 1 0 0 1 1 .267 .366 .475 .841
Michael Busch 1B 3 1 0 1 1 1 .235 .345 .388 .733
Alex Bregman 3B 3 0 1 0 1 1 .260 .349 .440 .789 2B
Ian Happ DH 3 1 0 1 1 2 .219 .325 .412 .737
Nico Hoerner SS 4 1 1 1 0 0 .266 .318 .358 .676
Pedro Ramírez 2B 4 0 0 1 0 1 .260 .319 .408 .727
Michael Conforto LF 3 0 1 2 0 0 .242 .342 .489 .831 2B
BJ Murray Jr. PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .100 .100 .100 .200
Carson Kelly C 3 0 1 0 0 1 .259 .338 .386 .724
HOME · MIL
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Jackson Chourio LF 5 1 3 2 0 1 .290 .346 .491 .837 HR (23), SB
Brice Turang 2B 3 3 0 0 1 0 .257 .355 .425 .780
William Contreras C 3 2 2 3 1 1 .271 .341 .410 .751 HR (15)
Andrew Vaughn 1B 4 0 1 0 0 1 .309 .394 .451 .845
Christian Yelich DH 4 1 1 3 0 3 .241 .320 .392 .712 HR (11)
Sal Frelick RF 4 0 1 0 0 1 .236 .300 .328 .628
Joey Ortiz 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 .255 .317 .386 .703
Garrett Mitchell CF 4 1 0 0 0 2 .258 .350 .408 .758 SB
Cooper Pratt SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 .263 .333 .360 .693

Pitching lines

AWAY · CHC
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Kevin Gausman 4.0 8 7 6 2 6 3 94 4.60 L
Trent Thornton 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 3.42
Daniel Palencia 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 19 4.70
Caleb Thielbar 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 4.89
Colin Rea 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 4.47
HOME · MIL
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Logan Henderson 5.0 2 1 0 1 6 0 95 2.34 W
JoJo Romero 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 26 3.35
Brandon Sproat 1.1 0 4 4 4 1 0 36 5.57
Abner Uribe 0.2 2 1 1 0 1 0 18 2.06

Manager comparison

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