CHICAGO, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- A two-run homer by Corey Patterson in the bottom of the ninth gave the Chicago Cubs a 4-2 victory over Milwaukee Wednesday.
Moises Alou, who hit two homers in Tuesday's 13-4 victory, hit his 32nd homer of the season in the bottom of the eighth inning to give the Cubs a 2-1 lead.
LaTroy Hawkins replaced Greg Maddox in the ninth to try to close out the game for the Cubs but surrendered a two-out RBI double to Chris Magruder that tied the game at 2-2. Hawkins (3-4), nonetheless, picked up the win after blowing the save.
Mark Grudzielanek hit a controversial double leading off the bottom of the ninth and was at third on an error when Patterson won the game with his homer off Luis Vizcaino (4-4).
Maddux threw eight innings of one-run ball for Chicago, which swept the three-game series.
