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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. St.Louis Blues Pro Shop . Anthony Davis had 31 points and 17 rebounds in his seventh straight game with more than 20 points, but that was only enough to keep the Pelicans competitive into the final minutes. Andrew Bogut had 10 points and 15 rebounds for Golden State, which rebounded from a loss a night earlier in Oklahoma City and snapped a two-game skid. Stitched Blues Jerseys . 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We havent done that much, but I think were more capable now.Atlantas offensive capability gets a test in Sundays rubber game of the weekend series as it will have to solve St. Louis veteran Adam Wainwright (9-5, 4.14 ERA), who owns an 8-2 mark and a 2.95 ERA in 16 career outings (11 starts) against the organization which drafted him.Wainwright is coming off a no-decision Tuesday night in a 7-5 loss at Cincinnati, going just five innings and allowing two runs. Wainwrights pitch count reached 101 at his stints end, and manager Mike Mathenys decision to remove Wainwright led to a series of double-switches and moves to the bullpen that culminated in closer Seung Hwan Oh yielding a walkoff three-run homer to Scott Schebler.The Braves (40-70) send hard-throwing right-hander Mike Foltynewicz (4-5, 4.60) to the bump. Foltynewicz, a former first-round pick of the Houston Astros, is coming off a 5-3 loss Tuesday night to Pittsburgh, but has shown the potential to be a stopper at times this year.The Cardinals (58-52) enter this one tied with Miami, a 12-6 loser Saturday night in Colorado, for the National Leagues second wild-card spot. But they are 2/3 in a nine-game stretch against Cincinnati and Atlanta, two of tthe leagues three last-place teams.ddddddddddddIt is not known whether St. Louis will have catcher Yadier Molina available Sunday. He left Saturday nights game in the eighth inning for pinch-hitter Matt Adams with a right hand contusion after getting hit with a foul tip.Second baseman Matt Carpenter also departed Saturday nights game early as part of a double-switch following the fifth inning. Matheny said that Carpenter didnt look right swinging the bat, and Carpenters status for Sunday isnt knownMatheny did take some solace in his teams comeback from a 7-2 deficit. The Cardinals drew within 7-5 with a two-run eighth inning and had the tying run at the plate before Kolten Wong fanned for the third out.I thought we showed a lot of life in that particular inning, putting the pressure on them, Matheny said of the eighth. We almost put the go-ahead run at the plate.As for the Braves, they at least appear to have improved their offense with the addition of left fielder Matt Kemp last weekend in a trade with San Diego. Kemp swatted his first homer for Atlanta Saturday night, a two-run clout in the ninth.It was the 24th homer of the year for Kemp, who when added to Freeman and red-hot center fielder Ender Inciarte (17-game hitting streak) gives the Braves something to build around.I think that first homer could give Matt a little bit of confidence, Snitker said. Im sure he was pressing a bit with a new team. ' ' '