The Milwaukee Brewers reclaimed their place atop the National League Central Division with a 5-2 win over the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday at Wrigley Field, and there were multiple key contributors in their critical victory.

From another strong outing by right-hander Jacob Misiorowski to the offensive production of Brice Turang and Jake Bauers, the Brewers worked in unison once again, and manager Pat Murphy began his postgame press conference by praising Misiorowski.

"He was finding his footing in the first inning and then he rolled after that," Murphy said. "Very, very good, ran out of gas, and [that’s] understandable. Young kid throws hard, he said he was good, that was it."

Misiorowski struck out eight batters and only allowed three hits and one walk through six shutout innings of work. According to Murphy, he pushed through to provide six innings, but fatigue got the best of him after that.

"He said, 'Look, I think I can give you this inning, the sixth. Not sure I can give you anything past that.’ Again, the mound was a little different for him," Murphy said. "If you watch a lot of the pitches, he was slipping a little bit. 

"But I mean, it's OK to have a tick or two off your velocity once in a while," Murphy added. "But he's interested in staying ahead in the count and learning how to pitch and not just throw the ball real hard."

Murphy also praised reliever Chad Patrick, who helped get Milwaukee out of the eighth inning after Aaron Ashby gave up four hits and two earned runs.

"He's showing us over and over, he's that kid," Murphy said. "He's showing that to us over and over in that role. He did it last year in the postseason, he's doing it again this year. So, that was big, that was big."

After praising Misiorowski and Patrick, Murphy credited the offense for its production and overcoming the obstacle of missed opportunities.

"But it was huge," Murphy said. "Four times tonight we struck out with a man on third and less than two outs. So, it shows you how good that pitcher's breaking ball was, it was all on breaking ball. And yeah, usually you don't win games if you're striking out with a man on third less than two, four times.

"And four good hitters who are hot, all of them are swinging the bat really good," he added. "But yeah, usually don't win those games. But our guys hung in there, they played hard, they were relentless. They kept going after it."

The Brewers will aim to sweep the Cubs on Wednesday at 6:40 p.m. CT.

Don't miss out on our ROUNDTABLE community and the latest news!

It's completely free to join. Share your thoughts, engage with our Roundtable writers, and chat with fellow members.

Download the free Roundtable APP, and stay even more connected!