MILWAUKEE, WI (WTAQ) – A Brewers’ lefty making just his eighth career start stifled the defending champions’ bats Friday night.
Brent Suter scattered four hits over seven scoreless innings as Milwaukee beat the Chicago Cubs 2-1.
Suter, who entered the rotation when Chase Anderson went down with an oblique strain late last month, is 2-0 in five July starts, yielding just five earned runs in 30 innings.
The Brewers’ tallies came in the second inning on a Manny Pina groundout that plated Jesus Aguilar and in the fourth on an Orlando Arcia fielder’s choice that scored Hernan Perez.
In the eighth inning, the North-siders got one back when Javy Baez hit a solo home run off newly-acquired Milwaukee reliever Anthony Swarzak.
However, Corey Knebel shut the door in the ninth, converting his 18th save in 23 chances.
The Crew, who had lost 9 of 11 entering play Friday, improved to 55-50 with the win and sit just one-half game behind the NL Central leading Cubs (54-48).
Milwaukee and Chicago meet for the second of three from Miller Park tonight, with coverage beginning at 5:35 pm on WTAQ.
