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Brewers 3, Cubs 1

Cubs starter Angel Guzman tossed two scoreless innings on Sunday. (Kathy Willens/AP)

By Carrie Muskat / MLB.com

A series of Cubs relievers held Milwaukee in check for much of the game, but they bent in the seventh and broke in the eighth to the Brewers, who clinched the NL Wild Card and set up an NLDS matchup with the Dodgers for the Cubs.

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Series at a glance:

Fri. 09/26: MIL 5, CHC 1
Sat. 09/27: CHC 7, MIL 3
Sun. 09/28: MIL 3, CHC 1

Chi Cubs (97-64)
Lost 1

Milwaukee 3, Chi Cubs 1

Milwaukee (90-72)
Won 1

September 28, 2008

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chi Cubs	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0
Milwaukee	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	X	3	4	1

Chi Cubs	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Soriano, LF	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.279
Theriot, SS	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	.308
Lee, 1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.289
Ramirez, A, 3B	3	1	2	0	0	1	0	.291
Marshall, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333
Wuertz, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Howry, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Johnson, R, CF	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	.301
Hoffpauir, RF	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.329
Cedeno, 2B	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	.265
Blanco, H, C	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.287
Hart, K, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
McGehee, C, 3B	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.160
Guzman, A, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
a-Zambrano, C, PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333
Gaudin, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Cotts, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Hill, K, C	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.087
Totals	29	1	4	1	1	7	7
a-Struck out for Guzman, A in the 3rd.
BATTING TB: Theriot 2; Ramirez, A 2. RBI: Cedeno (29). GIDP: Theriot; Johnson, R; Lee. Team LOB: 2.

Milwaukee	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Cameron, CF	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	.246
Durham, 2B	4	1	1	0	0	2	2	.289
Braun, LF	4	1	1	2	0	1	2	.285
Fielder, 1B	3	0	0	0	1	3	1	.274
Hardy, SS	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	.282
Hart, C, RF	3	0	0	0	0	2	3	.267
Counsell, 3B	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	.224
Kendall, C	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	.245
Sabathia, P	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.222
Totals	28	3	4	3	3	10	11
BATTING 2B: Durham (36, Marshall). HR: Braun (38, 8th inning off Howry, 1 on, 2 out). TB: Cameron 2; Durham 2; Braun 4. RBI: Counsell (15), Braun 2 (108). 2-out RBI: Counsell; Braun 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Fielder; Kendall 2. Team LOB: 4. FIELDING E: Fielder (18, fielding). DP: 3 (Durham-Fielder, Counsell-Durham-Fielder, Durham-Hardy-Fielder).

Chi Cubs	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Guzman, A	2.0	1	0	0	0	4	0	4.63
Gaudin	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.35
Cotts	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4.17
Hart, K	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6.07
Marshall (H, 4)	0.1	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.97
Wuertz (BS, 4)	0.2	0	0	0	2	1	0	3.57
Howry (L, 7-6)	1.0	2	2	2	0	2	1	5.53

Milwaukee	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Sabathia (W, 18-10)	9.0	4	1	0	1	7	0	2.61

WP: Guzman, A.
IBB: Fielder (by Marshall).
Pitches-strikes: Guzman, A 30-22, Gaudin 9-7, Cotts 12-8, Hart, K 23-15, Marshall 15-7, Wuertz 15-6, Howry 15-10, Sabathia 122-81.
Groundouts-flyouts: Guzman, A 0-2, Gaudin 3-0, Cotts 0-1, Hart, K 3-2, Marshall 1-0, Wuertz 1-0, Howry 0-1, Sabathia 12-8.
Batters faced: Guzman, A 7, Gaudin 3, Cotts 3, Hart, K 6, Marshall 3, Wuertz 4, Howry 5, Sabathia 30.
Inherited runners-scored: Wuertz 2-1.
Umpires: HP: Bill Miller. 1B: Jerry Meals. 2B: Gary Darling. 3B: Paul Emmel.
Weather: 71 degrees, roof closed.
Wind: 0 mph, None.
T: 2:25.
Att: 45,299.
September 28, 2008

Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner

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