Overview

• The Cubs swept Tuesday’s doubleheader 6-4 and 4-1 to take a 2-1 lead in the five-game set.
• The Brewers are 79-47 with the best record in MLB and hold a seven-game NL Central lead over the 72-54 Cubs.
• Manager Pat Murphy and GM Matt Arnold continue to preach an underdog approach even as FanGraphs gives Milwaukee roughly a 91% chance to win the division.
• Cubs president Jed Hoyer praised Milwaukee’s two-and-a-half-month .750 run as an example of baseball’s unpredictability.
• AP lists Wednesday’s probables as Milwaukee’s Jacob Misiorowski vs. Chicago’s Colin Rea, with BetMGM pricing the matchup at Brewers -114 and Cubs -105 and both clubs managing extensive injury lists.