The Milwaukee Brewers beat the Chicago Cubs 9-3 on May 18, 2026 at Wrigley Field.
Final · Wrigley Field
Top performers
- Jake Bauers went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 4 RBI for the Brewers.
- Brandon Sproat pitched 4.2 innings for the Brewers, allowing 3 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
- Dansby Swanson went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Cubs.
- Shota Imanaga pitched 4.1 innings for the Cubs, allowing 8 earned runs with 2 strikeouts.
Milwaukee Brewers box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Contreras | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jackson Chourio | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Luis Rengifo | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brice Turang | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jake Bauers | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Sal Frelick | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Yelich | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Vaughn | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Joey Ortiz | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 36 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 4 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Sproat | 4.2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| Shane Drohan | 4.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 1 |
Chicago Cubs box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dansby Swanson | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Bregman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pete Crow-Armstrong | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Seiya Suzuki | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carson Kelly | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ian Happ | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nico Hoerner | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Michael Conforto | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Michael Busch | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Matt Shaw | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 33 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shota Imanaga | 4.1 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Ty Blach | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ethan Roberts | 1.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
Before and after
- Brewers · 2026 season · Previous May 17, 2026: MIL 4, MIN 5 · Next May 19, 2026: MIL 5, CHC 2
- Cubs · 2026 season · Previous May 17, 2026: CHC 8, CHW 9 · Next May 19, 2026: MIL 5, CHC 2