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Sampson allowed one run in 3 1⁄3 innings, but Ross went to Sean Newcomb, who got rocked for six runs in one inning.

The Cubs beat the Brewers 6-5 for their fifth consecutive victory.

MILWAUKEE — Questioned before Wednesday’s game about Craig Kimbrel’s failure to protect a one-run lead at any point this season, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts tempted fate.

MILWAUKEE — Walker Buehler pitched his last game of the season on June 10. Clayton Kershaw is on the injured list for the second time this season. Dustin May is still more hope than reality.

Contreras has stayed on the field the last two games against the Reds, despite rolling his ankle in the ‘‘Field of Dreams’’ game.

MILWAUKEE — After Tuesday’s sloppy play and messy loss, the Rays played a much cleaner game Wednesday.

BOSTON — Chaim Bloom insisted this week that how the Red Sox perform leading up to Aug. 2 would only go so far into determining his approach at the trade deadline. The standings matter, but they weren’t everything to the chief baseball officer’s plans.

In his last start before the all-star break, Kyle Freeland punched out a light in the Rockies’ dugout in a fit of frustration. Monday night in Milwaukee, the left-hander was simply lights out.

Outside of the regression of the Chicago White Sox and Toronto Blue Jays and the rise of the Baltimore Orioles, the 2022 season hasn’t seen too many huge surprises.

As we take a moment to breathe during the All-Star break, perhaps now is a nice time for a little perspective.

SAN FRANCISCO — It couldn’t happen again. It wouldn’t, right? Surely, the thoughts racing through the heads of so many of the 41,257 Giants fans in attendance Saturday afternoon when Mike Yastrzemski stepped in against Brewers reliever Jandel Gustave with the bases loaded, tied at 1, in the bottom of…