It began painfully for Andruw Monasterio, who wore a Joey Lucchesi fastball on his elbow guard. Brice Turang then bunted for a hit to set up William Contreras, who smashed a go-ahead double down the right-field line.

“It’s Uecker magic,” said Bonnie Bruhn, a 79-year-old Brewers fan from the Milwaukee suburb of West Allis, Wisconsin. As the Brewers prepare to spend this weekend honoring Hall of Fame broadcaster Bob Uecker, fans are hoping the team can pay tribute to him by making the deep playoff run that has eluded this franchise lately.

Christian Yelich had arguably his best game of the season while paying homage to late legendary announcer Bob Uecker.

Brewers shortstop Joey Ortiz lands on 10-day IL with hamstring strain suffered in Thursday’s 4-1 win over the Cubs.

Michael Busch hit a three-run double off Jacob Misiorowski, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-3 for their third consecutive victory over the NL Central leaders.

Milwaukee Brewers star Christian Yelich had planned to debut a special Bob Uecker-themed bat during MLB Players Weekend last year, but a back injury sidelined him at the time.