Final
Milwaukee leads 1-0 (as of 8/27)
| Game 1: Monday, August 27 | ||
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| Milwaukee | 15 | Final |
| Chi Cubs | 4 | |
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| Game 2: Tuesday, August 28 | ||
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| Milwaukee | 4 | Final |
| Chi Cubs | 1 | |
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| Game 3: Wednesday, August 29 | ||
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| Milwaukee | 3 | Final |
| Chi Cubs | 1 | |
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| Game 4: Thursday, August 30 | ||
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| Milwaukee | 11 | Final |
| Chi Cubs | 12 | |
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8:05 PM ET, August 27, 2012
Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois
W: M. Estrada (2-5)
L: J. Germano (2-4)
| Milwaukee Brewers | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| N Aoki RF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 22 | .279 | .348 | .399 |
| R Weeks 2B | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | .216 | .323 | .369 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .250 | .000 | |
| R Braun LF | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .307 | .385 | .600 |
| A Ramirez 3B | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .295 | .358 | .532 |
c-J Bianchi PH-2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .211 | .211 | .263 |
| C Hart 1B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25 | .273 | .330 | .503 |
d-M Maldonado PH-1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .280 | .335 | .435 |
| J Lucroy C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | .332 | .386 | .550 |
| C Gomez CF | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .257 | .303 | .470 |
| J Segura SS | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24 | .203 | .238 | .237 |
| M Estrada P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .103 | .103 | .172 |
a-T Ishikawa PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .257 | .325 | .438 |
K Loe P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
b-N Morgan PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .239 | .301 | .305 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
e-C Ransom PH-3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .204 | .295 | .375 |
| Totals | 47 | 15 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 186 | |||
| a-flied out to center for M Estrada in the 6th b-struck out looking for F Rodriguez in the 8th c-singled to right for A Ramirez in the 9th d-grounded into fielder's choice to third for C Hart in the 9th e-grounded to third for J Henderson in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: A Ramirez (43, J Germano); J Lucroy (14, J Germano); R Braun (24, J Germano) HR: A Ramirez 2 (20, 5th inning off J Germano 1 on, 1 Out; 9th inning off A Hinshaw 0 on, 0 Out); C Gomez (14, 8th inning off M Corpas 0 on, 1 Out); R Braun (35, 9th inning off A Hinshaw 2 on, 0 Out); C Hart (24, 9th inning off A Hinshaw 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: A Ramirez 4 (81), R Braun 5 (90), N Aoki (32), C Gomez (38), C Hart (69), J Segura (5), J Bianchi (1) 2-out RBI: A Ramirez, N Aoki, R Braun, J Bianchi GIDP: R Braun, A Ramirez Brewers RISP: 6-17 (T Ishikawa 0-1, C Ransom 0-1, J Bianchi 1-1, M Estrada 0-1, C Gomez 0-1, R Weeks 0-2, J Segura 1-3, R Braun 2-2, C Hart 0-1, A Ramirez 1-1, N Aoki 1-2, M Maldonado 0-1) Team LOB: 8 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: C Gomez (27, 2nd base off M Bowden/S Clevenger); N Aoki (20, 2nd base off M Bowden/S Clevenger) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: R Weeks (13, catch); J Segura (3, ground ball) | ||||||||||
| Milwaukee Brewers | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| M Estrada (W, 2-5) | 5.0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 92-63 | 4.02 | |
| K Loe (H, 6) | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 27-15 | 3.51 | |
| F Rodriguez (H, 23) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15-11 | 4.85 | |
| J Henderson (H, 4) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15-9 | 3.55 | |
| L Hernandez | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12-8 | 4.94 | |
| Totals | 9.0 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 161-106 | ||
| PITCHING WP: M Estrada First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: M Estrada 16/24; K Loe 4/7; F Rodriguez 4/5; J Henderson 3/4; L Hernandez 0/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: M Estrada 18-15-17-13; K Loe 5-3-3-4; F Rodriguez 4-3-2-2; J Henderson 3-3-1-2; L Hernandez 3-1-3-1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: M Estrada 2-5; K Loe 1-0; F Rodriguez 0-1; J Henderson 1-1; L Hernandez 1-0 Game Scores: M Estrada 54 | ||||||||||
| Chicago Cubs | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| D DeJesus RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 25 | .269 | .358 | .405 |
| J Vitters 3B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | .093 | .107 | .185 |
| A Rizzo 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | .288 | .338 | .447 |
| A Soriano LF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .261 | .316 | .489 |
| S Castro SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19 | .276 | .311 | .418 |
| S Clevenger C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 24 | .219 | .279 | .302 |
| B Jackson CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 19 | .212 | .325 | .470 |
| D Barney 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .258 | .300 | .371 |
| J Germano P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .091 | .167 | .091 |
M Bowden P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
a-B LaHair PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .257 | .340 | .457 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
b-L Valbuena PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .223 | .301 | .377 |
M Corpas P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
J Mather P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .214 | .258 | .329 |
| Totals | 37 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 161 | |||
| a-doubled to deep center for M Bowden in the 6th b-lined out to right for A Cabrera in the 7th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: S Clevenger (11, M Estrada); A Soriano 2 (28, M Estrada 2); B LaHair (16, K Loe) HR: B Jackson (4, 6th inning off K Loe 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: A Rizzo (28), A Soriano (78), S Castro (63), B Jackson (6) 2-out RBI: A Rizzo, A Soriano, S Castro Cubs RISP: 2-11 (A Rizzo 1-1, J Vitters 0-2, D DeJesus 0-1, S Clevenger 0-1, A Soriano 0-1, S Castro 1-2, L Valbuena 0-1, D Barney 0-2) Team LOB: 12 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: S Castro (21, 2nd base off M Estrada/J Lucroy) CS: D DeJesus (7, 2nd base by M Estrada) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: S Castro 2 (21, ground ball, throw) DP: 2 (S Castro-A Rizzo, D Barney-S Castro-A Rizzo). | ||||||||||
| Chicago Cubs | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| J Germano (L, 2-4) | 5.0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 92-59 | 5.91 | |
| M Bowden | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19-12 | 4.67 | |
| A Cabrera | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6-4 | 7.71 | |
| M Corpas | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15-11 | 4.29 | |
| A Hinshaw | 0.0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17-10 | 6.04 | |
| L Castillo | 0.2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 33-16 | 10.64 | |
| J Mather | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4-4 | 0.00 | |
| Totals | 9.0 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 186-116 | ||
| PITCHING J Germano pitched to 1 batter in the 6th; A Hinshaw pitched to 5 batters in the 9th WP: L Castillo First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: J Germano 15/25; M Bowden 1/4; A Cabrera 2/3; M Corpas 2/4; A Hinshaw 2/5; L Castillo 3/7; J Mather 2/2 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: J Germano 20-13-5-21; M Bowden 2-3-4-3; A Cabrera 1-0-0-3; M Corpas 2-0-6-3; A Hinshaw 3-2-1-4; L Castillo 4-1-7-4; J Mather 1-0-1-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Germano 6-5; M Bowden 0-2; A Cabrera 3-0; M Corpas 1-1; A Hinshaw 0-0; L Castillo 1-0; J Mather 1-0 Game Scores: J Germano 31 | ||||||||||
Scoring Summary
| MIL | CHC | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | A Ramirez doubled to deep left, R Braun scored. | 1 | 0 | |
| 3rd | A Rizzo singled to shallow left, D DeJesus scored. | 1 | 1 | |
| 3rd | A Soriano doubled to deep center, A Rizzo scored. | 1 | 2 | |
| 3rd | S Castro singled to right, A Soriano scored. | 1 | 3 | |
| 5th | R Braun doubled to left, R Weeks scored, R Braun to third advancing on throw. | 2 | 3 | |
| 5th | A Ramirez homered to left center (384 feet), R Braun scored. | 4 | 3 | |
| 6th | N Aoki singled to right, C Gomez scored. | 5 | 3 | |
| 6th | B Jackson homered to right center (411 feet). | 5 | 4 | |
| 8th | C Gomez homered to left center (404 feet). | 6 | 4 | |
| 9th | R Braun homered to left (434 feet), N Aoki and R Weeks scored. | 9 | 4 | |
| 9th | A Ramirez homered to left (399 feet). | 10 | 4 | |
| 9th | C Hart homered to left center (429 feet). | 11 | 4 | |
| 9th | J Segura reached on infield single to shortstop, J Lucroy scored, C Gomez scored, J Segura to second on throwing error by shortstop S Castro. | 13 | 4 | |
| 9th | R Braun singled to left, J Segura scored, N Aoki to second. | 14 | 4 | |
| 9th | J Bianchi singled to right, N Aoki scored, R Braun to second. | 15 | 4 | |
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Game Information
| Stadium | Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL |
| Attendance | 32,541 (79.3% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:43 |
| Weather | 78 degrees, clear |
| Wind | 6 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Bill Welke, First Base - Chris Guccione, Second Base - D.J. Reyburn, Third Base - Jeff Nelson |
