{"id":274079,"date":"2025-10-03T08:23:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T08:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/274079\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T08:23:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T08:23:09","slug":"brewers-and-cubs-square-off-to-start-nlds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/274079\/","title":{"rendered":"Brewers and Cubs square off to start NLDS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chicago Cubs<\/a> (92-70, second in the NL Central during the regular season) vs. Milwaukee Brewers<\/a> (97-65, first in the NL Central during the regular season)<\/p>\n

Milwaukee; Saturday, 2:08 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n

PITCHING PROBABLES: Cubs: TBD; Brewers: Freddy Peralta<\/a> (17-6, 2.70 ERA, 1.07 WHIP, 204 strikeouts)<\/p>\n

Brewers -148, Cubs +124; over\/under is 8 runs<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: The Milwaukee Brewers and the Chicago Cubs play in Game 1 of the NLDS.<\/p>\n

Milwaukee has gone 52-29 in home games and 97-65 overall. Brewers hitters have a collective .332 on-base percentage, the second-best percentage in MLB play.<\/p>\n

Chicago has a 92-70 record overall and a 42-39 record in road games. The Cubs have the seventh-ranked team on-base percentage in the NL at .320.<\/p>\n

Saturday’s game is the 14th meeting between these teams this season. The Cubs are up 7-6 in the season series.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Christian Yelich<\/a> leads the Brewers with 29 home runs while slugging .452. Danny Jansen<\/a> is 7 for 20 with three home runs and four RBI over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

Pete Crow-Armstrong<\/a> has 37 doubles, four triples, 31 home runs and 95 RBI for the Cubs. Seiya Suzuki<\/a> is 11 for 37 with three doubles and six home runs over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: Brewers: 4-6, .221 batting average, 3.23 ERA, outscored by 15 runs<\/p>\n

Cubs: 6-4, .260 batting average, 2.53 ERA, outscored opponents by 19 runs<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Brewers: William Contreras<\/a>: day-to-day (hand), Brandon Woodruff<\/a>: 15-Day IL (lat), Jose Quintana<\/a>: 15-Day IL (calf), Shelby Miller<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow), Logan Henderson<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jordan Montgomery<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow), Garrett Mitchell<\/a>: 60-Day IL (oblique), Connor Thomas<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow)<\/p>\n

Cubs: Cade Horton: 15-Day IL (ribs), Owen Caissie: 7-Day IL (concussion), Ryan Brasier: 15-Day IL (groin), Miguel Amaya: 10-Day IL (ankle), Justin Steele<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow)<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive<\/a> and data from Sportradar<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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