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CHICAGO -- Kris Bryant came to the plate in the eighth inning a triple shy of the cycle. The Cubs slugger was trying for a little more.My last at-bat I was thinking home run, Bryant said. There arent too many games you can hit three home runs.Bryant settled for an RBI single to cap a 5 for 5 day with two homers, a double and five RBI. He helped Chicago overcome a career-high seven walks by Jake Arrieta to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 9-6 Thursday for a four-game sweep.I dont feel like this too often, Bryant said, This was just one of those days when I was really locked in.Bryant tied Colorados Nolan Arenado for the NL lead with 30 home runs.And as the Cubs won for the 18th time in 21 games and improved the best record in the majors to 77-43, the only controversy in their jovial clubhouse is whether Bryant or teammate Anthony Rizzo is the better NL MVP candidate.Two days after a circus catch of a foul ball, Rizzo doubled twice off Zach Davies (9-6). Rizzo has driven in 86 runs and Bryant 78.(Rizzo) always jokes around me saying when Miguel Cabrera won the Triple Crown, Prince Fielder was hitting behind him, Bryant said. So he always tells me Im his Prince. I cant say enough about having him behind me.Chicagos ace welcomed Bryants big day with the wind blowing out. The Cubs led 5-0 when Arrieta (15-5) issued a pair of two-out walks in the fourth. Kirk Nieuwenhuis followed with a three-run homer.Hernan Perez hit a solo homer in the sixth off Arrieta, who allowed four runs and three hits in 5 2/3 innings.Aroldis Chapman worked the ninth for his seventh save with the Cubs.I put myself in a tough situation, Arrieta said. The first three (innings) were good. It kind of got away from me there, but we had a big day out of the offense.Bryant singled and scored in the first, hit a two-run homer in the third and had an RBI double in the fourth off Davies. Bryant hit a solo homer off Blaine Boyer in the sixth and added an RBI single in the eighth off Corey Knebel for his second career five-hit game.Bryant, who hit 26 homers while winning the NL Rookie of the Year in 2015, had his third multihomer game of the season.Davies allowed a season-high seven earned runs and 10 hits in four innings.The Brewers got left fielder Ryan Braun back after he banged up his left knee and ankle chasing a foul ball Tuesday. But Braun went 0 for 5 and couldnt come up with Addison Russells fly that drifted to the wall and was ruled a single in Chicagos three-run third.Milwaukee was outscored 23-8 in the series and fell to 0-6 at Wrigley Field, while Bryant helped the Cubs move 34 games over .500 for the first time since Sept. 2008.Hes one of the best hitters in the game. He can hit any pitch, any mistake, Davies said. Youve got to be extremely focused on every pitch when he does to bat.TRAINERS ROOMBrewers: RHP Chase Anderson (quadriceps) was scheduled to play catch, two days after leaving in the first inning when he was hit by a line drive. If hes healthy, well be able to use Chase out of the bullpen for a couple days this weekend and hell start at some point next week, manager Craig Counsell said.Cubs: Manager Joe Maddon said theyll decide in the next couple of days if RHP John Lackey (shoulder) will make his next scheduled start Tuesday.CONTRERAS MOVES UPWillson Contreras caught Arrieta for the first time. The 24-year-old rookie has moved ahead of struggling veteran Miguel Montero.Contreras hit an RBI double in the third and picked off Ramon Flores at first in the fifth. He also had two passed balls.CUBS TORMENTEROf Nieuwenhuis 11 homers, five have come against the Cubs. The center fielder also doubled and scored in the eighth.UP NEXTBrewers: LHP Brent Suter will be recalled from Triple-A Colorado Springs and make his major league debut Friday night at Seattle against LHP Wade LeBlanc (2-0, 4.68 ERA).Cubs: RHP Kyle Hendricks (11-7, 2.19) starts Friday night at Colorado to begin a nine-game trip against the Rockies and LHP Tyler Anderson (4-4, 3.42). Chicago plays 18 of its next 25 on the road. Nike Air Max Günstig Outlet . Barcelona also left injured defenders Carles Puyol, Javier Mascherano and Jordi Alba out of its squad for the trip to Glasgow. That means that Marc Bartra will probably start again in the centre of the defence alongside Gerard Pique. Nike Air Max Günstig Kaufen . -- Ohio States Urban Meyer has never had any issue acclimating to the biggest stages in college football. http://www.airmaxschweiz.ch/ . 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When they last played May 15 in Texas, there was a bench-clearing brawl after Rougned Odor punched Jose Bautista, whose game-winning homer in the ALDS clincher last October included that emphatic bat flip.- CLEVELAND -- There are connections in both dugouts in the ALDS series between Boston and Cleveland, but none stronger than for Indians manager Terry Francona, who guided the Red Sox to two World Series titles and beginning Thursday will face them for the first time in October.- WASHINGTON -- Max Scherzer remembers the advice he received before his first playoff start nearly a decade ago -- and it turned out to be terrible advice. Coming off a 20-win season that included a 20-strikeout game, Scherzer will start Game 1 of the NLDS for the Nationals on Friday against Clayton Kershaw and the Dodgers.- Big Papi, Kris Bryant, Bryce Harper and Adrian Beltre are just a few of the offensive stars leading their teams into the postseason. 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And how does he go about getting himself up to speed in time for Sundays road game at Cleveland?- CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Cam Newton has a concussion, putting his availability for Monday nights game against Tampa Bay in doubt.- One of the true negatives of Thursday night games is seeing key players, often stars, unable to participate because of the short turnaround. That looks like the case this week for the Arizona Cardinals, whose quarterback, Carson Palmer, has been in the NFLs concussion protocol. And with the Cardinals at 1-3, just like their opponent, San Francisco, this is no time to be short-handed.- MIAMI -- Teams all over the Eastern seaboard keep an eye on Hurricane Matthew, with the massive storm set to hit Florida on Thursday and then churn up the coast.- AUSTIN, Texas -- Welcome to the Big 12, where the worst job in college football is being a defensive coordinator. Or maybe its just that the coaches doing the worst job are Big 12 defensive coordinators.- LONDON -- Troubled heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury says he has been bingeing on cocaine and alcohol to deal with manic depression.- VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach are set to speak at the first global conference on faith and sport. ' ' '