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"Brewers medical updates: Jackson Chourio is completing baserunning, hitting and defensive work without issue. Rehab assignment at Class AAA Nashville to commence on Friday," wrote Todd Rosiak of Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
It's Thursday, August 21 and the Brewers (79-48) are in Chicago to take on the Cubs (73-54). Quinn Priester is slated to take the mound for Milwaukee against Shota Imanaga for Chicago.
Preview the Aug. 21 matchup between the Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago Cubs with odds over/under, game spread, betting lines and more.
The Milwaukee Brewers have the best record in all of baseball, but have lost three straight games to the Chicago Cubs. Christian Yelich is not worried, however.
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FOX Sports MLB Analyst Tom Verducci joins Danny Parkins to break down the Milwaukee Brewers' dominance and why they're the best team in baseball, along with whether the Chicago Cubs are still dangerous or not.
Though the Cubs still trail the Brewers in the division race, Chicago put aside the rivalry to honor late Brewers broadcaster Bob Uecker, who died in January after over 50 years as the team's commentator.
Jacob Misiorowski, Milwaukee’s rookie phenom, was unraveling. That much was clear after three consecutive walks, including an 11-pitch battle against Cubs rookie Matt Shaw. The Cubs fans in the stands could sense it, and they did their part to turn up the heat.
Michael Busch hit a three-run double off Jacob Misiorowski, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-3 for their third consecutive victory over the NL Central leaders.
Boasting the best record in the majors, Milwaukee (81-48) opened a seven-game homestand on Friday with a 5-4 victory over the San Francisco Giants, thanks to William Contreras' first career walk-off homer in the ninth inning.
In a series finale won 4-1 by the Brewers at Wrigley Field, the Cubs' big bats let them down again. Imagine that.