Chicago Cubs vs Milwaukee Brewers 8/26/2022 Picks Predictions

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The Chicago Cubs will take on the Milwaukee Brewers in Game 1 of their series in the NL Central from American Family Field, Milwaukee, WI, on Friday, August 2022, at 8:10 PM EDT.

The Cubs are heading into this game following a 5-run victory over the St Louis Cardinals in their last game. Zach McKinstry hit a home run and had 3 RBIs for the Cubs in the win and Chicago is currently 3rd in the NL Central, 17 games behind the 1st place St Louis Cardinals.

Shortstop Nico Hoerner has a batting average of .291 to lead the Cubs followed by LF Ian Happ who leads with 120.

3B Patrick Wisdom also leads with 22 homers and 58 RBIs, while catcher Willson Contreras is recording an on-base percentage at .357 to share the lead.

For Game 1, Justin Steele will head to the hill for Chicago and the left-hander is 4-7 with an ERA of 3.25, 120 Ks, and 46 BBs.

The Chicago Cubs are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games against Milwaukee.
The Cubs are 5-2 SU in their last 7 games down the road.
The total went OVER in 7 of the Cubs’ last 10 road games with the Brewers.

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Chicago Cubs vs Milwaukee Brewers Predictions 8/26/2022

The Milwaukee Brewers are fresh off of a 6-run defeat at the hands of the Los Angeles Dodgers in their last game.

The Brewers’ starter was Adrian Houser who gave up 5 runs and 5 hits in 2 1/3 innings while striking out 4 with 4 BBs in the losing effort. Milwaukee is currently 2nd in the NL Central, 5 ½ games behind the 1st place St. Louis Cardinals.

Left fielder Christian Yelich has a batting average of .254 to lead the Brewers along with a team-high 112 hits and an on-base percentage of .356 while 1B Rowdy Tellez leads with 26 homers and 74 RBIs.

For Friday’s matchup, Freddy Peralta will be at the plate for Milwaukee and the right-hander is 4-3 with an ERA of 4.08, 65 Ks, and 22 BBs.

The Milwaukee Brewers are 2-4 SU in their last 6 games.
The total went OVER in 13 of Milwaukee’s last 20 matches with the Cubs.
The Brewers are 10-5 SU in their last 15 games at home.

Chicago Cubs vs Milwaukee Brewers. Both teams are putting good pitchers at the plate for this match, however, runs are going to be hard to come by in this low-scoring game.

The Cubs have been playing great in the recent games and were able to win over a hot Cardinals team with impressive pitching performance as it has been over the last week.

Meanwhile, the Brewers got crushed in their last series against the Dodgers and have not been playing well in general over the last week.

Milwaukee also lost a series to Chicago just last week. Prediction: The Chicago Cubs will take the win by a score of 5-3.

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