{"id":72532,"date":"2025-07-31T07:29:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T07:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=72532"},"modified":"2025-07-31T07:29:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T07:29:25","slug":"cubs-beat-brewers-10-3-to-avoid-sweep-off-busch-hr-ballesteros-3-run-double","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=72532","title":{"rendered":"Cubs beat Brewers 10-3 to avoid sweep off Busch HR, Ballestero\u2019s 3-run double"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-v-08416276=\"\">\n<p><strong data-v-08416276=\"\">Published<\/strong>\u00a0 July 30, 2025 5:05pm CDT<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-bd34935e=\"\">\n<div data-v-bd34935e=\"\">\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\"><strong>MILWAUKEE (AP)<\/strong> &#8211; Michael Busch homered on the game\u2019s first pitch, Mois\u00e9s Ballesteros hit a bases-clearing double and the Chicago Cubs trounced the Milwaukee Brewers 10-3 on Wednesday to avoid a three-game sweep.<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">Milwaukee leads Chicago by one game in the NL Central. The teams meet once more this season, a five-game series at Chicago from Aug. 18-21.<\/p>\n<h2 data-v-bd34935e=\"\">What happened<\/h2>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">Ian Happ homered, Pete Crow-Armstrong went 3 for 4 with two doubles and Kyle Tucker was 2 for 3 with two RBIs for the Cubs.<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">Milwaukee\u2019s William Contreras had his fifth career two-homer game. The two-time All-Star had homered just once since May 23.<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">Cubs starter Shota Imanaga (8-4) struck out eight, walked none and gave up three runs and five hits in five innings.<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">Milwaukee&#8217;s Freddy Peralta (12-5), who had won his last seven starts, allowed a season-high five runs in four innings.<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">Busch opened the game with a 388-foot shot to right for his 21st homer.<\/p>\n<div data-v-0dea8073=\"\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxtv.com\/static.fox32chicago.com\/www.fox32chicago.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/932\/524\/gettyimages-2227762065.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Cubs beat Brewers 10-3 to avoid sweep off Busch HR, Ballestero\u2019s 3-run double\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div data-v-0dea8073=\"\">\n<p data-v-0dea8073=\"\"><span data-v-0dea8073=\"\">MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN &#8211; JULY 30: Dansby Swanson #7 of the Chicago Cubs hits a run scoring double in the sixth inning against the Milwaukee Brewers at American Family Field on July 30, 2025 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by John Fisher\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">Contreras answered in the bottom half with his first homer since June 14. He led off the fourth with an opposite-field shot to right.<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">The Cubs padded their lead with three runs in the sixth and two in the ninth.<\/p>\n<h2 data-v-bd34935e=\"\"><strong>Key moment<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">Crow-Armstrong hit a grounder that glanced off the glove of diving second baseman Brice Turang and into right field for a double that made it 2-1 in the third. Ballesteros hit his three-run double later in the inning.<\/p>\n<h2 data-v-bd34935e=\"\"><strong>Key stat<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">Peralta struck out three and has 1,083 for his career, passing Teddy Higuera (1,081) for third in franchise history. He trails Yovani Gallardo (1,226) and Ben Sheets (1,206).<\/p>\n<h2 data-v-bd34935e=\"\"><strong>Up next<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">Cade Horton (4-3, 3.67) pitches for the Cubs on Friday in the opener of a series against visiting Baltimore. Jos\u00e9 Quintana (7-4, 3.50) is the Brewers&#8217; scheduled starter for Friday as they welcome Washington and Mitchell Parker (7-10, 4.91).<\/p>\n<section data-v-bd34935e=\"\">SportsCubs<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Busch homered on game\u2019s first pitch as the Cubs trounced the Milwaukee Brewers 10-3 on Wednesday to avoid a three-game sweep.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":72533,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[139,44,50],"class_list":["post-72532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","tag-cubs","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cubs beat Brewers 10-3 to avoid sweep off Busch HR, Ballestero\u2019s 3-run double - 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