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CHICAGO -- Carlos Gomez broke a scoreless tie in the ninth inning with an RBI single and Jeff Bianchi added a two-run double to lift the Milwaukee Brewers over the Chicago Cubs 5-0 on Monday night. Stitched Flames Jerseys . The Brewers, sitting in last place in the NL Central, won for the third time in eight games and ended the Cubs winning streak at three games. Brewers reliever Brandon Kintzler (3-0) pitched a scoreless eighth for the victory. Cubs reliever Pedro Strop (1-1) gave up the single to Gomez on an 0-2 pitch and Jean Segura easily scored from second to give the Brewers a 1-0 lead. With one out and the bases loaded, Bianchi gave the Brewers insurance with a double to right to score two more runs and Rickie Weeks also added a two-run double as Milwaukee batted around in the ninth. On a cool July night, the Cubs opened an eight-game homestand with a little different look. Left fielder Alfonso Soriano and pitcher Matt Garza were both traded while the Cubs were on a 10-game road trip as team president Theo Epstein continues the rebuilding process. In his Wrigley Field debut, left fielder Junior Lake was 2-for-4, breaking out of an 0-for-14 slump. Neither starter factored into the decision despite strong outings. Brewers starter Kyle Lohse pitched six innings. He pitched around five hits and three walks with six strikeouts. Lohse has only allowed one run in his last 19 innings. Cubs starter Jeff Samardzija pitched seven innings, allowing just three hits with two walks and seven strikeouts. Samardzija did not give up his first hit until two outs in the fifth on Caleb Gindls single. He quickly got out of the inning by striking out Juan Francisco looking. With runners on first and second with one out in the sixth, Samardzija knocked down Norichika Aokis comebacker with his bare hand to retire him at first. After being checked out by a team trainer and few practice pitches to see if he could continue, Samardzija struck out Segura looking to end the inning. Samardzija was 1-2 with a 6.85 ERA in his four previous July starts. NOTES: Before the game, the Cubs observed a moment of silence for former pitcher Frank Castillo. Castillo apparently drowned at a lake northeast of Phoenix on Sunday. Castillo had an 82-104 record in 13 major league seasons. He pitched for the Cubs, Colorado, Detroit, Toronto, Boston and Florida from 1991 to 2005 before retiring and lived in the Phoenix suburb of Scottsdale. He was 44. He was with the Cubs from 1991 to 1997. ... The Cubs and the Brewers are scheduled for a day-night doubleheader Tuesday. ... Segura was back in the lineup after missing Sundays game with forearm tightness. Wholesale Flames Jerseys . Oyama had six birdies and two bogeys at Kintetsu Kashikojima in the event also sanctioned by the Japan LPGA Tour. "I have been having this neck ache thats been affecting my golf recently," Oyama said. Calgary Flames Shirts .com) - The Chicago Blackhawks aim for their third three-game winning streak of the season when they host the struggling Edmonton Oilers in Sundays battle at the United Center. https://www.cheapflames.com/ . "I wrote 36 on my sheet at the beginning of the game," the Cincinnati coach said, referring the yard line the ball would need to be snapped from. The 33rd Maui Invitational tips off Monday and will feature another field loaded with basketball powerhouses. The eight-team tournament will consist of schools that have a combined 14 NCAA championships, 40 Final Four appearances and 192 NCAA tournament appearances.This years field includes Oregon, Tennessee, Georgetown, Wisconsin, Oklahoma State, UConn, North Carolina and host Chaminade.The winner at Maui has gone on to become national champs four times, with UConn in 2010-11 being the most recent. North Carolina has won the tournament three times.Tennessee and Wisconsin open play at 2:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2 and WatchESPN.?The Badgers will be making their third Maui Invitational appearance, coming in third place in 2009 and finishing seventh in 1995. Wisconsin has a plus-19 margin on the boards through three games, and they enter the tournament tied as the fifth-best rebounding team in the country.But the Badgers have averaged just 24. Flames Jerseys 2021. 7 points per game in the paint, which is more than only Vanderbilt among major conference teams. One reason for that is the subpar play by preseason Big Ten Player of the Year Nigel Hayes, who is averaging just 11 points per game thus far.Senior guard Bronson Koenig is off to a solid start, averaging a career-best 15.7 points per game despite shooting just 27.6 percent from beyond the arc. However, he needs just 16 points to become the 43rd player in Wisconsin history to score 1,000 points in a career.Wisconsin began the season at No. 9 in the AP top-25 poll, which was tied for the second-highest preseason ranking in school history. But after suffering an early-season loss to the now-12th-ranked Creighton Blue Jays, the Badgers have slipped to No. 16 in this weeks poll.-- Josiah Turner ' ' '