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Braun hit a sacrifice fly to right fielder Heyward, Yelich scored.

Hit a sacrifice fly to right fielder Heyward, Yelich scored.

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Brewers ninth.  Yelich walked.  Gyorko singled to right, Yelich to third.  Jeffress pitching.  Báez in as left fielder.  Braun hit a sacrifice fly to right fielder Heyward, Yelich scored.

 This is the third and final series between the Cubs and Brewers this season. The Cubs took 2-of-3 in the season-opening series, and the Brewers took 3-of-4 from the Cubs August 13-16. All seven of those games were at Wrigley Field. The Brewers have won 11 of the last 15 against the Cubs at Miller Park.

 The Cubs hold a 3.0-game lead in the NL Central over the second-place St. Louis Cardinals with 15 games remaining. The Cubs and Cardinals are done playing each other. Ten of the last 15 games for the Cubs are on the road. Each of the Cubs' last six games has been decided by 3+ runs.

 The Brewers have 19 games to play and find themselves 2.0 games behind second-place St. Louis in the NL Central and 2.0 games behind the second NL Wild-Card spot. Since August 27, the Brewers have six wins, three from Corbin Burnes and three from the bullpen (2 by Devin Williams, 1 by Eric Yardley).

 Willson Contreras leads the Cubs in runs scored with 30. He is the only catcher (based on primary position this season) currently leading his team in runs. Only one catcher in franchise history has led the team in runs scored -- Cal McVey in 1877, who had 58 runs in 60 games for the then-White Stockings.

 Luis Urias missed the first Brewers-Cubs series of the season, but he was there for the last one and ended it with back-to-back 3-hit games. He is the only player with consecutive 3+ hit games against the Cubs this season. The last MLB player with 3+ hits in 3+ consecutive games against Chicago was the Brewers' Norichika Aoki in 2012 (3 straight).

 Tonight's game will pit two struggling top-of-the-rotation hurlers in Jon Lester (0-2, 9.26 in last 5 starts) and Brandon Woodruff (1-2, 5.02 in last 6 starts). The two have never faced each other head-to-head.

HP - Gonzalez, 1B - Tichenor, 2B - Segal, 3B - Kulpa

Is there a downside to romping to a 19-0 victory behind a franchise-record 13 extra-base hits?
The Milwaukee Brewers aren't about to answer that affirmatively after accomplishing the feat during Wednesday's road shutout of Detroit. Still, the Brewers might not have minded skipping the open date between their offensive outburst and Friday's series opener against the visiting Chicago Cubs.

After winning big, Brewers need big wins vs. Cubs

MILWAUKEE (AP)
The Milwaukee Brewers are starting to get the kind of stellar pitching performances they'll need for a successful late playoff run.

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Chicago Cubs @ Milwaukee Brewers on September 12, 2020

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