MILWAUKEE — A difficult moment spiraled into a back-breaking inning for the Cubs in their 7-1 loss in the series finale against the Brewers.

With a runner on first , one out and trailing by a run in the 4th, Kyle Hendricks induced a 98.1-mph flyball from Rhys Hoskins — with an .030 expected batting average — to left field. Ian Happ ran towards the wall, then readjusted and scrambled, before seeing the ball drop to his left for a hit.

“Just went up really high, kind of had a good beat on it, but it turned, it moved a long way, kind of towards left center there on its way down,” Happ said after the game. “Body kinda wasn’t in a great spot, I kind of thought it was gonna be more up against the wall over there and it got a little turned around.”

Sal Frelick and Jackson Chourio followed with back-to-back singles to make it 3-1 and load the bases, before Hendricks struck out Andruw Monasterio.

After what could have been an inning ending punchout, Hendricks was instead forced to face Milwaukee’s lead off hitter, Brice Turang, who crushed a grand slam that put the game out of hand.

“Obviously not my best moment out there and puts Kyle in a tough spot where he’s got first and second and another out on the board and makes him get four outs in an inning,” Happ said. “Stuff like that, you don’t want to happen.”

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Amidst a trying two-plus months of baseball, that play was another chapter in a growing book full of frustrating losses. The big inning by Milwaukee stymied any chance for the Cubs to rally and win consecutive games.

But the offensive woes didn’t help, either. The team raced out to a 1-0 lead thanks to Nico Hoerner’s leadoff home run on the second pitch of the game. Six pitches and a flyout later, the Cubs had a single by Cody Bellinger to put some pressure on Brewers pitcher Freddy Peralta.

It was the only real offense they’d muster the rest of the way. After Bellinger’s 1-out single, the team went 0-for-26 the rest of the way with 3 walks.

“It’s a day when it’s 1 run, so it’s hard to see a scenario where that’s going to win us a game,” manager Craig Counsell said. “Offensively, no matter who we’re facing, we’re going to have to be better. That’s kind of what I take away from it.”