Brewers stun Cubs

Waiting for Travis Shaw at the plate after his gamewinning, two-run homer were giddy teammates holding orange Gatorade buckets.

Finally, the Milwaukee Brewers had something to celebrate in extra innings against the Chicago Cubs.

Shaw went deep with one out in the 10th inning off All-Star closer Wade Davis, and the playoff-hopeful Brewers stunned their NL Central rivals with a 4-3 victory on Saturday. The Brewers had lost the first two games of the pivotal series in 10 innings.

“It just feels good to come out on the right side of things after a couple of tough days,” Shaw said.

Milwaukee moved within 4 1/2 games of NL Centralleading Chicago and closed within one game of Colorado for the second wild-card spot. “I mean, this is as must-win as you get,” Shaw said. With eight days left in the regular season, the Cubs still seem to be in good shape to win a second straight division title.

But they suddenly look vulnerable in the late innings after Davis blew his first save opportunity of the year after 32 successful chances.

Brewers shortstop Orlando Arcia homered off Davis (4-2) to lead off the ninth to tie the game at 2.

“There’s nothing to lament right there,” Cubs manager Joe Maddon said. “Another intensely good baseball game and they got us at the end. But there’s no way shape or form to point a finger at Wade.”