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Believe it or not, the Brewers finally lost.
Not that they didn’t try to stage another ridiculous comeback Sunday, turning a 1-0 deficit into a 2-1 lead with a clutch ninth-inning homer. But the Reds got them in extra innings. The streak is dead.
Meanwhile, the Cubs managed to take advantage of a rare opportunity to gain ground on their division rivals, who with a pair of double-digit win streaks since the start of July have sprinted out to a big lead in the NL Central.
It was a 4-3 win over the Pirates at Wrigley Field that got the Cubs within eight games of the first-place Brewers, who come to the North Side for a pivotal five-game series, beginning with Monday’s doubleheader.