MILWAUKEE (AP) Victor Caratini hit a tiebreaking home run off Michael Fulmer in the eighth inning, and the Milwaukee Brewers recovered from a blown three-run lead to beat the Chicago Cubs 6-5 Thursday and gain a split of their four-game series.

Cody Bellinger was 4 for 4 with three RBIs for the Cubs, finishing a triple shy of the cycle and raising his average to .298. His 12-game hitting streak matched his career best, set with the 2019 Los Angeles Dodgers.

Milwaukee led 4-1 in the sixth inning and 5-3 in the eighth before Yan Gomes' two-run homer off J.C. MejĆ­a (1-0).

Caratini, who played for the Cubs from 2017-20, connected on a 1-2 changeup that Fulmer (0-5) left over the middle of the plate and drove the ball into the right-field second deck for his fifth home run this season.

Fulmer has lost six straight decisions since beating Boston for Minnesota last Aug. 30.

MejĆ­a got his second major league win, his first since May 24, 2021, for Cleveland at Detroit.

Joel Payamps allowed a leadoff single to pinch-hitter Trey Mancini in the ninth, then got three straight outs for his third save in four chances. Chicago went 1 for 9 with runners in scoring position.

Brewers starter Freddy Peralta allowed three runs, four hits and three walks in 5 1/3 innings. He struck out 10, matching his season high.

Cubs starter Marcus Stroman gave up four runs, four hits and four walks in five innings. He is 0-2 in three starts after winning seven in a row from May 19 to June 20.

Bellinger hit an RBI single in the second but Milwaukee took a 4-1 lead in the fifth when Joey Wiemer had an RBI single and Christian Yelich hit a three-run homer with two outs, a ball that hit the top of the yellow padding and bounced over the left-field wall.

Bellinger's two-run homer in the sixth cut the deficit to 4-3. Yelich walked and scored on Willy Adamesā€™ sacrifice fly off Mark Leiter Jr.

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Cubs: SS Dansby Swanson didn't play after leaving in the seventh inning of Wednesday nightā€™s game because of a bruised left heel.

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Cubs: RHP Jameson Taillon (2-6, 6.93 ERA) returns to the Bronx for the first time since leaving the Yankees for a $68 million, four-year contract with the Cubs, starting Friday night's opener of a three-game. LHP Carlos RodĆ³n makes his Yankees debut after recovering a strained left forearm and bad back that had sidelined him since spring training.

Brewers: RHP Corbin Burnes (6-5, 4.00) opposes LHP Andrew Abbott (4-0, 1.21) and visiting Cincinnati in the opener of a three-game series.

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