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Rizzo's power comes up short vs. Brewers

With the game tied at 1 in the eighth, Villar launched the first pitch from reliever Joe Smith to straightaway center, powering the Brewers to their sixth win in their last seven games.

Both starting pitchers were stingy, and each served up a solo homer. Villar smacked a leadoff home run in the fourth off Mike Montgomery but Anthony Rizzo tied the game against Matt Garza with a solo blast with two outs in the sixth, his 29th homer of the season. Rizzo was supposed to get Wednesday off, but manager Joe Maddon changed his mind after the first baseman hit two home runs on Tuesday.