Last night the Chicago Cubs were able to extend their winning streak to five games after wearing out and defeating the last-place Milwaukee Brewers by the final score of 6-3 behind a quality outing by recently acquired right-hander, Dan Haren.
Haren (8-7, 3.55 ERA) stumbled in his Cub debut just a week ago while visiting the Pittsburgh Pirates but was able to find his footing in yesterday’s win. He held the Brewers (48-66) to three earned runs on five hits on top of issuing only one walk and recording six strikeouts.
First baseman Adam Lind cut Chicago’s (63-48) lead to three with a two-run shot to right-center field to make it 6-3 during the top half of the sixth inning.