Cubs Thrown for Another Looper - Cubs 5 Brewers 9

Game One Hundred Forty-Four - Cubs 5 Brewers 9 WP - Braden Looper (13-6) LP - Rich Harden (9-9) Save - None The end of Rich Harden's season is starting to look like the way it began, very inconsistent and ineffective. Rich Harden was hit very hard in his three innings of work and if the wind had not been blowing in the score could have been a lot worse. Harden gave up five runs, two earned, on five hits with three walks and three strikeouts on 71 pitches, 41 for strikes. Harden's three innings of work on Wednesday night was his second shortest outing in a Cubs' uniform. Alcides Escobar finished the night 4-for-5 with a double, two runs scored and three RBI ... all three on two-out hits. Escobar drove in the first run of the game on a two-out double down the left field line. Braden Looper drove in the Brewers' second run with a bloop single to center ... it was that kind of night for Rich Harden. The Cubs committed two more errors that led to more unearned ...