Labor Day Loss: Brewers fall to Cubs 7-2

Brewers can’t hold on to early lead as they lose to the Cubs.WP: Kyle Hendricks (14-7)

LP: Zach Davies (10-7)

HR: Chris Carter (33), Ryan Braun (25)

It may be a home series for the Brewers, but they might as well be the road team for this one.

In front of a sold out crowd of mostly Cubs fans, the Brewers grabbed an early lead today on a solo home run from Chris Carter in the second. That looked good to back Zach Davies up early, who was strong through the first five innings, allowing just four baserunners.

However, the Cubs began their rally in the sixth inning. It started with a little small ball, as a leadoff walk to Tommy La Stella hurt Davies. Anthony Rizzo moved La Stella up on a groundout,…