Chicago Cubs vs. Milwaukee Brewers preview, Wednesday 8/20, 7:05 CT

Wednesday notes:

• MORE ON DOUBLEHEADER SWEEPS: The Cubs’ doubleheader sweep yesterday was their first in opposition to a first-place crew since July 7, 2015, after they beat the Cardinals twice at Wrigley Subject, 7-4 and 5-3. The Playing cards had begun the day with a file of 54-28, six video games forward of the second-place Pirates and 9.5 in entrance of the third-place Cubs. (Courtesy BCB’s JohnW53)

• HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CADE HORTON: The Cubs right-hander turns 24 at the moment.

• THIS DAY IN CUBS HISTORY: Kris Bryant and Ben Zobrist homered and the Cubs defeated the Rockies 9-2. They led the NL Central by 13 video games. It occurred 9 years in the past at the moment, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016.

• BEATING THE BREWERS: If the Cubs win at the moment, they’ll clinch the season sequence in opposition to Milwaukee. They haven’t received that season sequence since 2022, after they took 10 of 19 from the Brewers.

Cubs lineup:

Brewers lineup:

Colin Rea, RHP vs. Jacob Misiorowski, RHP

This will probably be Colin Rea’s second begin in opposition to his former crew. Final time, July 29 in Milwaukee, he allowed 9 hits and 4 runs in 4 innings.

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Since then, although, Rea has been fairly good. He has a 2.30 ERA and 1.021 WHIP in three August begins protecting 15.2 innings, with 15 strikeouts and no residence runs allowed.

In order that’d be fairly good to proceed, I’d say.

Jacob Misiorowski left his begin July 28 in opposition to the Cubs in Milwaukee with a knee damage. He was positioned on the injured record and activated for a begin final Friday in opposition to the Reds. They hit him arduous: 5 hits, three walks and 4 runs in 1.1 innings. He threw 54 pitches to file 4 outs.

So… that’d be fairly good to proceed, I’d say.

Right now’s recreation is on Marquee Sports activities Community. Yow will discover out if Marquee is accessible through a supplier in your space right here.

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MLB.com Gameday

Baseball-reference.com recreation preview

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The 2025 Recreation Thread process will probably be equivalent to final 12 months’s.

You’ll discover the sport preview posted individually on the entrance web page two hours earlier than recreation time (90 minutes for some early day video games following night time video games).

On the similar time, a StoryStream containing the preview can even submit on the entrance web page, titled “Cubs vs. (Staff) (Day of week/date) recreation threads.” It would include each submit associated to that individual recreation, together with the First Pitch Thread and the overflow thread, in addition to the recap when it’s printed. The recap can even dwell on the entrance web page as a separate submit.

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