The Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago Cubs are meeting for the first time ever in the playoffs as they go head-to-head in the best-of-five National League Division Series. Game 1 is on Saturday in Milwaukee ( here's the full series schedule ).
The Brewers have home-field advantage in this series and throughout the playoffs after finishing with baseball's best record (97-65). Milwaukee is seeking its first World Series title and its first trip to the Fall Classic since 1982. The Brewers had a bye in the first round, and they'll send ace Freddy Peralta to the mound in Saturday's Game 1.
The Cubs, meanwhile, ousted the San Diego Padres in the best-of-three Wild Card Series at Wrigley Field. The Cubs won a winner-take-all Game 3 on Thursday in their first playoff series win since 201