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In danger of wasting an early scoring chance, which you can't do against this team, it was Ian Happ coming through with arguably the biggest homer of his life as his three-run blast put the Cubs on top 3-. ..... Both runners eventually made it to third on a sacrifice bunt, but it was the Brewers who failed to deliver as Daniel Palencia took over later in the fifth to close things out and needed just one pitch to get the job done. ..... Following a sacrifice bunt from Pete Crow-Armstrong to move Kelly up, it was Dansby Swanson working another walk as the Cubs had two runners on once again.

After Pete Crow-Armstrong moved both runners up 90 feet with a sacrifice bunt, Nico Hoener came through with another hit with runners in scoring position, pushing the Cubs' lead to 3-1. The big blow of the second inning came from Ian Happ, who followed the Hoerner single with a two-run double, extending the Cubs' lead to 5-1.

That was followed by a Josh Lowe bunt single that brought home another run as the Rays were now in front 3-1. With Ian Happ and Moises Ballesteros starting the bottom of the fourth off with a pair of singles, it was the one-out walk from Pete Crow-Armstrong that loaded the bases as the Cubs were in a great position to tie things up.

The same can be said for the Cubs' offense against Elder, but it was the Cubs who opened the scoring in the second as Ian Happ got things started with a perfectly placed bloop single down the left field line. ..... One of those hits came on a leadoff bunt single from Reese McGuire to begin the third, with Matt Shaw picking up the Cubs' final hit with a fifth-inning single.

Ian Happ took it upon himself to put the Cubs on the board in the fourth as he took Strider deep to make this a 3-1 game as his hot hitting continues. ..... While PCA's bunt may have been the play that changed the outcome, it was the Cubs' bullpen, in particular, Aaron Civale, that saved the day for this team. ..... With former Cub Pierce Johnson on to pitch the eighth, Ian Happ got things started in the right direction as his leadoff single brought the tying run to the plate.