Yu Darvish blanked the Milwaukee Brewers until Justin Smoak slammed a homer in the seventh inning with a man on as the Cubs claimed a 4-2 win Thursday.
Chicago padded its National League Central Division lead to six-and-a-half games. Brett Anderson absorbed the loss for the Brewers.
Milwaukee’s inconsistent offense mustered only four hits off Darvish and two relievers – the Smoak homer and a line-out by Christian Yelich were the only hard-hit balls. P
itcher Eric Lauer was optioned to the team’s alternate training site before the game.
Brandon Woodruff tries to stop the slide when he starts tonight’s game for Milwaukee. First pitch is scheduled for 6:40 PM on 107.9 FM WOMT and at WOMTRadio.com
