Dominant Harrison leads Brewers to 5-0 victory, sweep of Cubs
Hamilton also has a big night at the plate
May 20, 2026; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Kyle Harrison (52) throws the ball against the Chicago Cubs during the first inning at Wrigley Field. Mandatory Credit: David Banks-Imagn Images | David Banks-Imagn Images Box Score The first series of the year between the Brewers and their arch-rivals, the Cubs, did not go the way that the Wrigley Field faithful wanted it to go. For the second straight night, Chicago was unable to score a run off of a dominant Milwaukee starter.
This time it was Kyle Harrison, who struck out 11 in seven shutout innings for one of the best starts of his young career. Injury was added to insult when Chicago starter Edward Cabrera had to leave the game with an injury concern, and the Brewer offense capitalized on some Chicago miscues to cruise to a 5-0 victory and a surprisingly comfortable three-game sweep. The Brewers got a couple of hits in the first inning when Brice Turang and William Contreras hit back-to-back one-out singles.
But Cabrera got Christian Yelich to fly out and Garrett Mitchell to ground out and Turang didn’t make it past second base. Nico Hoerner led off the Cubs’ half of the first inning with a double down the left-field line. But Hoerner tried to tag and advance on a fly ball to Mitchell in center, and Mitchell—who has one of the stronger outfield arms in the league—got him at third base (after an initial safe call was overturned on replay).
A strikeout of Ian Happ ended the inning. A HOSE PIECE FROM GARRETT MITCHELL pic. twitter.
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