Can the Milwaukee Brewers begin a brand new streak Aug. 18?
They will get two possibilities in Chicago at Wrigley Discipline, the place the Chicago Cubs are determined to chunk into the eight-game lead that Milwaukee constructed within the Nationwide League Central — a franchise-record 14-game successful streak actually helped that trigger for the Brewers. Milwaukee’s nail-biting loss to Cincinnati on Aug. 17 ended the streak, however the workforce would not even get 24 hours to ponder what comes subsequent.
The Brewers will ship Freddy Peralta (14-5, 2.90 ERA) to the hill within the entrance finish of Monday’s doubleheader, and the primary of 5 video games at Wrigley through the week. The Cubs will counter with rookie Cade Horton (7-3, 3.07 ERA), who had a string of 29 scoreless innings snapped in his final begin towards American League energy Toronto … and nonetheless held the Blue Jays to only one run.
Over his final seven begins, Horton is 4-1 with a 1.13 ERA.
The Brewers and Cubs had been scheduled to play at Wrigley Discipline on June 18 within the second recreation of a three-game collection, however the recreation was rained out and pushed to Aug. 18. It means the collection in Wrigley will signify a uncommon five-game set, with single video games Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, as properly.
1:20 p.m. CT; the nightcap will start at 7:05 p.m.
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Coming into the collection at Wrigley, the Brewers’ magic number is 32 to clinch a greater document than the next-best workforce within the division, and that is after all the Cubs. Any win head-to-head will drop that quantity by two.
To ensure a playoff spot of any form, the Brewers’ magic quantity is 25.
The Brewers held an eight-game lead towards the Chicago Cubs within the Nationwide League Central standings heading into the collection. The Cubs gained a recreation on Milwaukee on Aug. 17 for the primary time this month.