Brosseau's pinch-hit HR sends Brewers past Cubs for 1st win

CHICAGO (AP) — Mike Brosseau cheered for the Chicago Cubs as a kid growing up in Northwest Indiana. He estimated that he went to about 50 games at Wrigley Field as a fan.

So yeah, Sunday was a super fun day.

Brosseau's first career pinch-hit homer snapped a tie in the seventh inning, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Cubs 5-4 for their first victory of the season.

“I came here a lot. Full circle now playing here,” Brosseau said.

Brosseau was acquired by Milwaukee in a November trade with Tampa Bay. He had never played at Wrigley as a major leaguer before appearing in the Brewers' first two games.

With his parents and some high school buddies in the stands for the series finale, the 28-year-old infielder put Milwaukee in front with a drive to center against Daniel Norris (0-1) for his first hit with his new team.

“Really cool. Yeah, definitely," Brosseau said. “Kind of looking back on it now after it set a little bit, you can kind of see how cool of a story (it is).”

Willy Adames and Rowdy Tellez also went deep, helping the reigning NL Central champions overcome a shaky performance by starter Freddy Peralta. Christian Yelich had two hits and drove in a run.

After Brosseau connected, Milwaukee's vaunted bullpen took over.

Brad Boxberger (1-0) worked the seventh, stranding a runner on third when Jonathan Villar was retired on a close call at first base that was upheld by a replay review. Devin Williams then got three outs before Josh Hader pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his first save.

“It's one of our strengths, to try to shorten games and have those guys be really solid at the end of games,” manager Craig Counsell said.

Seiya Suzuki hit his first major league homer for Chicago, and Marcus Stroman pitched five effective...

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