MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Kyle Hendricks scattered four hits and Anthony Rizzo continued his homer binge to lead the Chicago Cubs to a 4-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday night.Rizzo made it four straight games with a home run with a three-run shot in the third inning. Kyle Schwarber added a homer for the Cubs, who have won the first three games of the series and four straight overall.Hendricks (5-5), who was pulled after giving up a lead-off single in the eighth inning, gave up one run on four hits, while striking out six. He won for the first time in his last five starts. 
Jason Motte gave up a lead-off double to Adam Lind in the ninth inning, but Jorge Soler made a great catch of a long drive from Khris Davis at the top of the right field wall. Tommy Hunter came on to get Jean Segura to ground out to score Lind, and Hernan Perez flied out to end the game. It was Hunter's first save of the season.Matt Garza (5-12) gave up three runs on four hits in six innings for the Brewers. He walked four and struck out five. Garza is 1-5 in his last seven starts and his 12th loss of the season tied a career high from 2009 with Tampa Bay.The Cubs grabbed a 3-0 lead in the third inning. With two outs, Schwarber singled and Chris Coughlan walked. Rizzo then hit the first pitch from Garza into the second level of the right field stands for his 20th home run of the season.In the first three games of the series, Rizzo is 7 for 11 with three home runs.Davis' RBI single in the fourth inning cut the lead to 3-1.Schwarber extended the lead to 4-1 with his fourth home run of the season with two out in the seventh.
Jason Motte gave up a lead-off double to Adam Lind in the ninth inning, but Jorge Soler made a great catch of a long drive from Khris Davis at the top of the right field wall. Tommy Hunter came on to get Jean Segura to ground out to score Lind, and Hernan Perez flied out to end the game. It was Hunter's first save of the season.Matt Garza (5-12) gave up three runs on four hits in six innings for the Brewers. He walked four and struck out five. Garza is 1-5 in his last seven starts and his 12th loss of the season tied a career high from 2009 with Tampa Bay.The Cubs grabbed a 3-0 lead in the third inning. With two outs, Schwarber singled and Chris Coughlan walked. Rizzo then hit the first pitch from Garza into the second level of the right field stands for his 20th home run of the season.In the first three games of the series, Rizzo is 7 for 11 with three home runs.Davis' RBI single in the fourth inning cut the lead to 3-1.Schwarber extended the lead to 4-1 with his fourth home run of the season with two out in the seventh.
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