Cubs vs. Brewers
Milwaukee won the NL Central by five games over Chicago, but this Cubs vs. Brewers series in the NLDS gives the second-place finishers the opportunity to win when it really counts. We just saw the Tigers do that to the Guardians in the AL Wild Card Round and now we’ll see if the Cubs can do it.
From a head-to-head standpoint, the Cubs went 7-6 over the 13 games and outscored the Brewers 60-56, but the results were all over the place. That type of record and run differential would normally imply a lot of one-run games. Of the 13 meetings, only two of them were one-run results. The teams last played against each other August 21, a 4-1 win for the Brewers.
Milwaukee finished the regular season 52-29 at home with a +77 run differential and 45-36 on the road with a +95 run d