MILWAUKEE -- If it was not the best outing by a Brewers starting pitcher this season, it was the most imperative. Chase Anderson needed a night like this. So did his team.
Snapping the Brewers' seven-game skid against the Cubs, Anderson pitched seven stellar innings while allowing just one dribbler of a hit in a 4-0 win Tuesday, making Milwaukee the first National League team to reach 40 victories.
With their first shutout victory over the Cubs at Miller Park in four years, the Brewers (40-27) moved back atop the NL Central, a half-game ahead of Chicago (38-26).