CHICAGO -- The Brewers followed one of their most complete victories of the season with an ugly defeat, an 8-4 loss to the Cubs at Wrigley Field on Wednesday in which starter Junior Guerra was knocked out in the fourth inning, Ryan Braun and Manny Pina exited with injuries, and the Cubs ran up the score with help from Milwaukee miscues.
Now comes another stiff test. On to St. Louis.
The Brewers fell three games behind the National League Central-leading Cubs and saw their edge over the third-place-and-charging Cardinals shrink to 1 1/2 games, pending St.