Chicago Cubs Score and Recap (6/19/25): Brewers 8, Cubs 7 – Late Rally Falls Short
The Cubs and Brewers met in the final game of a rain-shortened series on Thursday afternoon. Milwaukee scored early and often before fending off a furious rally by the home team to earn a victory and a split.
Christian Yelich opened up the offense with an RBI single against Jameson Taillon in the top of the 1st. Chicago briefly went ahead in the bottom of the frame when Pete Crow-Armstrong hit a two-run homer, his 20th of the season, off of Freddy Peralta.
The Brewers rallied for three runs in the top of the 2nd to go on top 4-2. Rhys Hoskins hit a solo home run and Caleb Durbin followed with a two-run dinger. William Contreras tacked on an RBI single in the 3rd to bring the margin to 5-2.
Dansby Swanson blasted a long solo shot in the 4th inning to cut the deficit to 5-3. Isaac Collins appeared to have broken the game wide open with a three-run homer off of reliever Génesis Cabrera that gave Milwaukee an 8-3 lead in the 5th.
The Cubs began to battle back in the 7th when Ian Happ launched a two-run homer that got it within 8-5. Carson Kelly had an RBI ground out and Nico Hoerner chased home a run with an infield single as a home team pull made it 8-7 in the 8th.
The North Siders could not scratch that final run across against Brewers closer Trevor Megill in the 9th and suffered the one-run defeat. (Box score)
Key Moment
Chicago had the tying and go-ahead runners on base in the bottom of the 8th, but could not get the last big hit to go on top.
Why the Cubs Lost
Despite scoring seven runs, they were not able to climb out of the big hole a bad starting pitching effort put them into.
Stats That Matter
- Taillon did not have it on Thursday: 4 IP, 5 R, 8 H, 2 K, 1 BB.
- PCA reached 20 home runs and 20 steals earlier in the season than any Cubs player before him.
- Swanson reached base three times in this one.
Bottom Line
The Cubs did not lose any ground to the Brewers, which is both as much and as little as you could hope for. It was nice to see the bats come to life a little bit, even if the result wasn’t a win. Seven runs will give you a victory a vast majority of the time, especially with Chicago’s pitching.
On Deck
The Mariners come to Wrigley for a three-game set starting Friday at 1:20pm CT. Matthew Boyd gets the start against George Kirby in a matchup available on MLB Network and Marquee with the radio feed on 670 The Score.
