Dansby Swanson

With Trevor Megill presumably unavailable for workload reasons after converting a pair of saves over the last three days, Payamps got the call to protect a one-run lead in the final frame after William Contreras put Milwaukee ahead in the top of the ninth. He struck out Christopher Morel and Dansby Swanson to open the frame before getting Mike Tauchman to fly out to preserve the victory.

Hoerner and shortstop Dansby Swanson were responsible for four of the seven hits the Cubs strung together on the evening. Unfortunately, none of those hits resulted in runs, as the Cubs spent the evening being stifled by Colin Rea and the Brewers' bullpen. Hoerner has now hit safely in three-straight games and has two doubles over that span. He's hitting .296 in the month of July and continues to be a run-scoring machine for the Cubbies - with the exception of tonight's shutout loss.

Michael Busch and Dansby Swanson each had two hits as the Cubs twice escaped based-loaded jams to end NL Central-leading Milwaukee's three-game winning streak

Myers gave up six hits, walked two and struck out six. He was removed after a one out single by Dansby Swanson in the sixth inning. Hoby Milner immediately got David Bote to ground into an inning-ending double play. It wasn't a quality start, but Myers has completed at least five innings in each of his last eight starts and has allowed more than three runs in only one of those games. He continues to impress in his rookie season with a 3.14 ERA. The 25-year-old right-hander is set to face the Marlins at home this weekend.

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