MILWAUKEE -- Milwaukee Brewers manager Ron Roenicke wanted to get outfielder Caleb Gindl going so he gave him a start against the Chicago Cubs. The decision paid off when the Brewers rookie outfielder got three hits, including a two-run home run, to lead the Brewers to a 6-1 win over the Cubs on Monday night. "I appreciate the fact that he had the confidence to put me in there," said Gindl, who homered for the second straight game. "It felt good tonight and I felt like Im starting to get my swing back." Roenicke started Gindl because he had good stats against Cubs starter Edwin Jackson. He even let Gindl hit against Cubs left-handed reliever Zac Rosscup in the seventh inning and Gindl came through hitting his home run. "He really had a nice night," Roenicke said. "We talked about pinch hitting at that point, but he did a really nice job of driving that ball to centre field." The other bright spot for the Brewers was the pitching of Wily Peralta, (10-15) who pitched six strong innings, giving up an unearned run on five hits. He struck out seven and walked two. Roenicke was impressed with Peralta because he did not have his best stuff, but kept Milwaukee in the game. "He scuffled off and on, but he made good pitches when he needed to," Roenicke said. "It is really important that even when he doesnt have his best stuff that he can keep us in the game." The Brewers fourth win in five games moved them 3 1/2 games above Chicago at the bottom of the NL Central. "I never want to finish in last place," Roenicke said. "We are still playing to win every game." Jackson (8-16) lasted only four innings for the Cubs, giving up two runs on only two hits and three walks. Jackson has the most losses of any pitcher in the NL. Peralta is second with 15. After Jackson was pulled from the game for a pinch hitter in the fifth inning, television cameras showed him and Cubs manager Dale Sveum having words as Jackson headed to the clubhouse. Several Cubs players and coaches moved toward the two as Jackson continued walking down the tunnel. "He wasnt real happy being taken out of the game," Sveum said. "You respect that when players want to stay in the game, but I made that decision." Sveum said Gindls key hits were the difference in the game. "The biggest part of the game was our lefties not being able to get Gindl out," he said. The Brewers got their first hit off Jackson in the fourth inning when Scooter Gennett blooped a single to left field. Gindl followed with a triple off the centre-field wall to score Gennett. Martin Maldonado dropped a sacrifice bunt to score Gindl and Jackson threw the ball past Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo allowing Maldonado to take second. Jackson got Peralta to line out and struck out Norichika Aoki to get out of the inning. Chicago cut the lead to 2-1 in the fifth inning. Welington Castillo led off with a flyball down the right field line that Gennett got a glove on but couldnt catch. It was ruled a double, with Castillo taking third after Aokis relay throw went over the head of shortstop Jean Segura. Castillo scored on Starlin Castros single. Milwaukee extended the lead to 4-1 in the sixth inning on Yuniesky Betancourts pinch-hit RBI single and Seguras RBI double. Gindl hit his fifth home run of the season in the seventh inning, a two-run shot that pushed the lead to 6-1. NOTES: Brewers 3B Aramis Ramirez returned to the starting lineup. He missed two games after being hit on the left wrist Friday by a pitch from Cincinnatis Mat Latos. . Rookie LF Khris Davis missed his second straight start after reinjuring his left wrist Saturday against the Reds. . Cubs 2B Darwin Barney entered the game leading NL second-baseman with a .993 fielding percentage. Golden Glove ballots were distributed this week. A cadre of attorneys and a flurry of lawsuits could certainly slow down the NBAs plan to force Donald Sterling to sell the Los Angeles Clippers over his recent racist comments, but legal experts say the league would likely prevail in the end. And that goes for Sterlings wife, Shelly, who has said shed like to keep her stake in the team even if her husband is ousted. The NBAs constitution, which Donald Sterling signed as controlling owner of the Clippers, gives its board of governors broad latitude in league decisions including who owns the teams. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver is pushing for a swift vote against Sterling, which requires a minimum of three-fourths of the other 29 controlling owners to agree. Silver also has imposed a lifetime ban on Sterling and a $2.5 million fine. The ban does not apply to Shelly Sterling. SI.com and ESPN.com, citing unidentified sources, reported Thursday that Sterlings lawyer, antitrust litigator Maxwell Blecher, wrote a letter to Rick Buchanan, the NBAs executive vice-president and general counsel, threatening to sue the league and saying Sterling will not pay the $2.5 million fine. "Sterlings own signature will come back to haunt him," said Michael McCann, founding director of the Sports and Entertainment Law Institute at the University of New Hampshire. "You agree to certain basic understandings. Thats what makes a sports league different from other businesses." The key to the NBAs authority, attorneys say, is Article 13(d) of the leagues constitution. That section says that, whether Sterling intended to or not, an owner cannot "fail or refuse to fulfil" contractual obligations to the NBA "in such a way to affect the Association or its members adversely." Theres plenty of evidence Sterlings comments, revealed in a recorded conversation with a female companion, affected the league adversely. They provoked threats of a player boycott, led sponsors to withdraw support and created a racially charged image problem in the midst of the NBA playoffs that even President Barack Obama remarked upon. If Article 13(d) was violated, the legal experts say the board of governors has solid grounds to force Sterling to sell the team along with any other owners, in this case his wife. As long as the NBA meticulously follows its own constitution and rules regarding the Clippers sale, it will be difficult for Sterling to find a legal theory that would stand up in court, said Daniel Lazaroff, director of the Sports Law Institute at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles.dddddddddddd "This is not an antitrust issue. This is not a First Amendment issue," Lazaroff said. "Its a question limited to the interpretation of the NBA constitution and bylaws, and whether those terms are met." Another question involves California family law. Its a community property state, meaning spouses jointly own property they acquired while married. The Sterlings were already married when he bought the Clippers in 1981. Although a potential divorce could complicate the Clippers sale, McCann said the couples joint ownership actually works to the NBAs favour because — legally speaking — they are a single entity. So if the NBA forced Donald Sterling to sell, even under a divorce scenario, Shelly Sterling would have to sell, too. They have been married since 1955. "The NBA is well positioned to ultimately prevail," McCann said. For his part, Donald Sterling has repeatedly said he does not want to sell the Clippers. In his recent interview with CNNs Anderson Cooper, he cast doubt on going to court if the NBA governors ultimately do vote to force him out. "People want me to hire a wall of lawyers and them to have to hire a wall of lawyers and go to war," Sterling said on CNN. "I dont think thats the answer." Sterlings longtime attorney, Robert Platt, declined to comment when contacted Wednesday. Shelly Sterlings attorney, Pierce ODonnell, did not respond to email requests for comment from The Associated Press. But he has previously said she wants to remain a passive owner of the Clippers even if her husband is no longer involved. For now, the NBA has installed former Time Warner and Citigroup chairman Dick Parsons to oversee the teams business operations. Parsons said this week that a prolonged legal battle "is in no ones interest." "I would hope we could avoid that," he said. If he is forced out, Sterling still stands to reap a huge financial windfall in a Clippers sale. He bought the team for $12.5 million in 1981, and Forbes magazine recently placed its 2014 value at $575 million, or No. 13 in the NBA. 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