Braun hits 2 HRs in Brewers’ win over Cubs

CHICAGO — Ryan Braun supplied the power at the plate and Jhoulys Chacin dominated on the mound to give the Milwaukee Brewers the lift they needed to tighten the NL Central race.

Braun hit two of Milwaukee’s four homers, Chacin struck out a season-high 10 in seven innings and the Brewers cut into Chicago’s division lead with a 7-0 victory over the Cubs on Tuesday.

Lorenzo Cain homered on Jose Quintana’s second pitch. Braun hit two-run drives in the first and third. Erik Kratz added a solo homer in the sixth and an RBI double in the eighth.

The Brewers pulled within two games of the Cubs after dropping eight of 11 against them.

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