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MILWAUKEE -- Zach Davies pitched well enough to win. But beating the Chicago Cubs these days isnt so easy.The right-hander matched Cy Young candidate Kyle Hendricks for six innings, yet was done in by a few well-placed hits Monday in the Milwaukee Brewers 7-2 loss to the Cubs.Davies (10-7) recorded the first two outs of the seventh inning before the Cubs scored two runs on three consecutive hits to take a 3-1 lead. He exited having allowed two earned runs over 6 2/3 innings.Every run they scored, even the base hits he gave up, that was soft contact, Brewers manager Craig Counsell said. Some jam shots. If anything, they get rewarded for contact today. It wasnt hard contact, it was just contact and they got rewarded for that. He pitched great.The Cubs had just two hits off Davies through five innings -- singles by Miguel Montero in the third and Javier Baez in the fifth.Davies issued a leadoff walk to Tommy La Stella in the sixth but came back to strike out Kris Bryant. Brewers shortstop Orlando Arcia then slipped and fell on a ground ball hit by Anthony Rizzo, which led to Milwaukee getting just one out on what could have been a double play.Jorge Soler followed with a broken-bat single to tie the game.Its a great lineup, but through six innings, it was nice to keep them off balance and keep them in check, Davies said. But they found some holes, and they capitalized on that.It was 1-all in the seventh when Davies retired the first two batters. Montero then doubled and scored on the single by pinch hitter Chris Coghlan, who took second on the throw.La Stella followed with an infield single that second baseman Scooter Gennett misplayed into the outfield, allowing Coghlan to score.With Davies out of the game, the Cubs scored four runs off reliever Ben Rowen in the eighth to break the game open.I thought Davies threw well, Coghlan said. The whole time we just kept saying, stick with it, well get to him, he cant keep tricking us and getting us out. And we were able to do that.The Brewers took a 1-0 lead in the second on Chris Carters 33rd home run of the season.That was all Milwaukee could muster against Hendricks, who lowered his major league-leading ERA to 2.07 by allowing just one run over six innings.He pitched like hes been pitching all year, Counsell said of Hendricks We gave ourselves some two-out opportunities but no big opportunities. Thats what you kind of expect, limited opportunities. I thought it was a day that wed have to get a two-out hit to win that game and we didnt get one early enough today.Ryan Braun connected for his 25th home run in the ninth.TRADE COMPLETEThe Brewers acquired minor league outfielder Ryan Cordell from Texas on Sunday as the player to be named in the trade that sent Jonathan Lucroy and Jeremy Jeffress to the Rangers on Aug. 1.TRAINERS ROOMCubs: RHP Hector Rondon is expected to be activated from the disabled list Tuesday, according to Maddon. Rondon has been out since Aug. 17 with a right triceps strain.Brewers: SS Jonathan Villar returned to the lineup Sunday after not starting Milwaukees past two games with a sore left knee.UP NEXTCubs: RHP Jason Hammel (14-7, 3.14 ERA) will start the second game of the series in Milwaukee. He is 10-1 with a 2.50 ERA in 14 career starts against the Brewers.Brewers: RHP Wily Peralta (5-9, 5.53) will make his 19th start of the season Tuesday. He is coming off his best outing of the year in which he allowed one run and struck out 10 on Aug. 30 against St. Louis.Victor Caratini Cubs Jersey . The Montreal Canadiens announced on Friday that the veteran forward will return to the teams line-up on Saturday night when the Habs visit the Nashville Predators. 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Crouched behind the 10th green at Sheshan International, McDowell looked over at the powerful American and said, "Ive probably seen 18 of the best drives Ive seen all year in the last two days.Never be dead.Thats been Canberras mantra this season and they lived by it on Sunday at GIO Stadium, staging one of the NRLs greatest escapes to beat Newcastle 29-25 in golden point.A miraculous Jordan Rapana try was the difference and puts his side on the brink of the top four.Down 22-0 just before halftime, the Raiders looked destined for an unthinkable loss to the competition cellar-dwellers.But four unanswered tries - including a double to skipper Jarrod Croker - in regular time set them up for a grandstand finish in front of 9,731 fans.Locked up at 24-all, five-eighth Blake Austin kicked what looked to be the match-winning field goal inside the final 90 seconds.But Trent Hodkinson replied moments later with a successful attempt of his own after the Knights regained possession from a short kick-off to send the game to golden point.Its the second time this season the teams have played beyond the 80 minutes, having drawn 24-24 in round three.On that occasion there were seven missed attempts at a field goal, but there were only five on Sunday.The last wayward kick was by Austin, on which Rapana - who earlier jarred his shoulder - somehow pounced to score and seal the victory.Theyre the little pieces off play that make or break teams, coach Ricky Stuart said.dddddddddddd.I missed it to be quite honest. After we missed the field goal I think I was abusing somebody. But it was just wonderful to get that feeling.Stuart lauded his sides tenacity in the first half, when Rapana (shoulder), Croker (concussion) and man mountain Shannon Boyd (knee) all came off hurt.None of the injuries appear to be serious.Theyre a very, very tough and resilient bunch of players that Im very fortunate to be coach of, he said.Ive had media talk to me all week about complacency - its not in the joint.Croker said the team had been in similar situations before and constantly spoke about hanging tough.Its not an ideal situation to be in, but we talk about having pride in the jersey, we talk about never being dead and we showed that today, he added.It was the Raiders fifth win in the past five games and puts them just one point outside the top four.For the last-placed Knights it marks their 10th successive loss. Theyll have a much-needed bye next week while the Raiders host North Queensland next Monday. ' ' '