Cubs’ Rusin Loses Major League Debut, Brewers Win 5-2

August 21, 2012 12:00 AM " MILWAUKEE (AP) - Marco Estrada allowed two hits in six solid innings to win for the first time in almost a year, leading the Milwaukee Brewers over the Chicago Cubs 5-2 Tuesday night.

Estrada (1-5) started for the 16th time this year and made 14 relief appearances over two seasons since his 11-4 win at Pittsburgh on Aug. 23, 2011.

The Brewers right-hander gave up Alfonso Soriano’s double leading off the second and rookie starter Chris Rusin’s first major league hit, a one-out triple in the third. Estrada worked retired David DeJesus on a comebacker and then Josh Vitters took a called third strike to end the inning.

Estrada retired 18 of 21 batters before turning over a 1-0 lead to Kameron Loe to start the seventh.

Loe pitched a scoreless seventh. Francisco Rodriguez did the same in the eighth.

The Cubs made it interesting in the ninth against Manny Parra.

Vitters doubled with one out. After Parra walked the next batter, Anthony Rizzo, Brewers manager Ron Roenicke pulled Parra. Jim Henderson took over to face Soriano who drove in Vitters with a single to right. Starlin Castro ended Henderson’s appearance when he drove in the second run grounding out to third. "

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