Brewers take down Cubs, 4-2, behind another strong start from Colin Rea

Box Score

The Brewers took the series opener of their weekend series with the Cubs Friday night, winning 4-2 as Colin Rea had a solid start and Jackson Chourio provided all of the run support with a go-ahead grand slam.

Rea got off to an inauspicious start, hitting Nico Hoerner and walking Michael Busch to put two runners on with no outs. He escaped the jam with a double-play ground ball from Cody Bellinger and a strikeout of Seiya Suzuki.

Neither team got a hit until the bottom of the third when Andruw Monasterio lined a two-out double to left. He was stranded at second as Brice Turang grounded out to close the frame.

The Cubs struck first in the top of the fourth as Suzuki took Rea deep, his…