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Milwaukee Brewers at Chicago Cubs Preview & Picks – Cubs To Set Up Winner-Takes-All Clash In MLB Playoffs
- Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee Brewers picks for Thursday, October 9
- MLB Playoff Division Series Game 4 is being played at Wrigley Field
- Preview, predictions, stats & form
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Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee Brewers Preview & Picks
Milwaukee Brewers at Chicago Cubs Preview & Picks
Chicago are tipped to force one more meeting between the teams in Milwaukee.
The Cubs are in good form at home and have a solid recent home record against Milwaukee too, so we lean towards them in what is likely to be a close encounter with two elite pitchers on show.
- Chicago Cubs are 7-2 in their last 9 home games
- Chicago are 4-1 in the last 5 home meetings with Milwaukee
- The 2 starting pitchers have a combined ERA of 5.91
Head To Head
- Milwaukee Brewers lead the all-time series 232-227
- Milwaukee Brewers lead this MLB Playoff series 2-1
- Chicago Cubs won 4-3 when the two teams last met on October 9
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Milwaukee secured their place in the playoffs and a first-round bye by putting together a 87-65 record to finish top of the NL Central.
The Brewers have struggled for consistency over the past two months though, and they entered the postseason having won just three of their final nine regular season games.
This rough run started on the road as they kicked off a six-game strip by sandwiching a 3-2 win in St Louis with 7-1 and 5-1 defeats.
Milwaukee then moved on to San Diego where they lost 5-4 and 7-0 to the Padres, before rallying to take the finale 3-1.
The Brewers failed to follow that up as they lost the first two games of the home series with Cincinnati, 3-1 and 7-4, but they did avoid being swept by winning the final meeting 4-2.
They built on that victory by taking the first two games of this series with the Cubs, beating Chicago 9-3 and 7-3 at home, but they missed out on the sweep on Wednesday as they lost 4-3 in the 'Windy City'.
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Chicago booked their postseason berth by finishing second in the NL Central standings with a 92-70 record.
The Cubs endured a rollercoaster run after securing their playoff berth in mid-September, but they did close out the regular season on a high.
They swept St Louis at home in their last series on the schedule, beating the Cardinals 12-1, 7-3 and 2-0.
Chicago then made it four wins in a row by beating San Diego 3-1 in the opening game of their Wild Card showdown with the Padres.
The Cubs failed to make it five-in-a-row and complete the sweep of San Diego as they dropped the second meeting 3-0, but they rallied on Thursday with a series-clinching 3-1 win.
They made a rough start to this playoff series as they lost 7-3 and 9-3 in Milwaukee, but with their postseason dreams on the line they rallied to take Game 3 on Wednesday, 4-3.
Verdict
Chicago had to win on Wednesday, and they delivered in the face of a huge amount of pressure.
This is a must-win matchup for them too, but their home form is good and they have tended to get the better of Milwaukee at Wrigley Field in recent times, so we are siding with the Cubs.
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