It wasn’t as fun as a 14-run outburst, but the Chicago Cubs were riding high after Willson Contreras smacked a two-run homer to defeat the Milwaukee Brewers 3-2 Tuesday.
The Small Bears had managed just 49 hits during their first 10 games. They had mustered but a sacrifice fly through seven innings Tuesday.
Then Ian Happ beat Milwaukee’s fielding shift with a two-strike single off reliever Brent Suter. That’s sort of crafty hitting Cubs manager David Ross has waited two weeks to see.
“You know who started it all?” Ross said. “Happer just taking a single to right.