Chicago Cubs (4-6) vs. Milwaukee Brewers (6-4)
Milwaukee; Tuesday, 7:40 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Cubs: Kyle Hendricks (0-1, 3.00 ERA, 1.33 WHIP, 10 strikeouts) Brewers: TBD
LINE: Brewers favored by 1 1/2 runs; over/under is 7 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago Cubs enter the game as losers of their last three games.
The Brewers went 19-21 in division play in 2020. Milwaukee averaged 7.2 hits with 2.7 extra base hits per game last year.
The Cubs went 22-18 in division games in 2020. Chicago hit .220 as a team with 2.7 extra base hits per game and 74 total home runs last year.
The teams meet for the fourth time this season. Milwaukee leads the season series 3-1.
INJURIES: Brewers: Bobby Wahl: (right oblique), Justin Topa: (elbow), Christian Yelich: (back), Tim Lopes: (right oblique), Derek Fisher: (left hamstring), Kolten Wong: (oblique), Mark Mathias: (shoulder), Jacob Nottingham: (left thumb).
Cubs: Brandon Workman: (covid-19), Dan Winkler: (covid-19), Rowan Wick: (oblique), Jonathan Holder: (shoulder), Jason Adam: (covid-19), Austin Romine: (knee).
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