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Tuesday, Sep. 19 8:05pm ET
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MILWAUKEE (AP) -- The Milwaukee Brewers never figured they would need a ninth inning rally to beat the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday night. Third baseman Shane Andrews bobbled a slow grounder for an error in the ninth inning and the Brewers, after blowing a seven-run lead, beat the Cubs 9-8 Tuesday night. "We had a 7-0 lead, then all of a sudden the lights went out," Brewers manager Davey lopes said after Milwaukee scored twice in the ninth to edge the Cubs for the second straight game. "I applaud the effort for coming back and winning the ballgame." With one out in the ninth, Kyle Farnsworth (1-8) walked Jose Hernandez. Pinch-runner James Mouton advanced to third on a single by Ron Belliard and Raul Casanova walked. Pinch-hitter Tyler Houston dribbled an infield single to tie it. Marquis Grissom then hit a three-hopper that the charging Andrews couldn't handle cleanly, and never made a throw as the winning run scored. "I screwed it up," Andrews said. "That's all I can say." Chicago tied a season high with its seventh straight loss, but it looked like the streak would end when they rallied with six runs in the sixth, one in the seventh and one more in the eighth for an 8-7 lead. Chad Meyer put the Cubs ahead with an RBI single off David Weathers in the eighth. His bouncer off the mound rolled to shortstop Mark Loretta who could not make a throw. Damon Buford, on with a lead-off infield single, advanced on a sacrifice and ground out before coming home on Meyers' hit. Ray King (3-2) pitched 1 1/3 innings of perfect relief for the win. The Cubs lost for the 17th time in 19 games. The start of the game was delayed for 70 minutes by rain. Milwaukee beat them 2-1 Monday night. Pinch-hitter Roosevelt Brown hit a grand slam that highlighted a six-run sixth for the Cubs. Milwaukee starter Jimmy Haynes held the Cubs scoreless until two outs in the sixth when Chicago scored six runs on three hits. Haynes gave up an RBI single to Julio Zuleta and issued a bases-loaded walk before Brown homered off Juan Acevedo. Corey Patterson's solo home run -- his first major league hit -- off Brewers reliever Juan Acevedo made it 7-7 in the seventh. "That game almost slipped away from us," Lopes said. "That would have been a devastating loss." Patterson started in place of Sammy Sosa, who missed his first game since July 9, 1998. Sosa, who had played 388 straight game, left Monday night with stiffness in his lower back. Sosa was not in the locker room after the game. The Cubs said that he had gone back to Chicago. Geoff Jenkins' two-run homer, his 30th, in the second off Chicago starter Ruben Quevedo was the record-setting 222nd allowed by the Cubs. Jeromy Burnitz scored on reliever Jamie Arnold's wild pitch in the fifth for a 7-0 margin, but Haynes ran out of gas and the Brewers' relievers failed to protect the lead. Patterson's fielding error in the first helped the Brewers score four runs. With two on, Jenkins hit a high fly into the rain. Second baseman Eric Young backed off and the ball fell in front of Patterson in short center field and was ruled an error. Patterson said that he should have made the play. "Basically, I overran the ball," he said. "The weather conditions were bad, but there's really no excuses." Richie Sexson hit a RBI single, Quevedo walked in a run and sacrifice flies by Hernandez and Casanova made it 4-0. Game notesSosa's consecutive games streak started at County Stadium. ... Sexson's single in the first snapped an 0-for-11 stretch. He left with a stiff lower back after walking in the second. The Brewers called it a precautionary move. ... Brown connected for his first slam and first pinch-hit homer. It was the Cubs' first pinch-hit slam since Glenallen Hill did it Aug. 20, 1998. ... The Cubs allowed 221 home runs in 1999. | ALSO SEE Baseball Scoreboard Chicago Cubs Clubhouse Milwaukee Clubhouse RECAPS Oakland 7 Baltimore 4
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