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Overview:

On Saturday, July 29th, the (52-47) Chicago Cubs will be on the road to take on the (54-48) Milwaukee Brewers.

The Crowd:

“The Crowd” projects a final score of Cubs 4.8 – Brewers 4.1 with an over/under of 8.9.

Starting Pitchers:

MIL: Junior Guerra (1-4, 5.52) vs CHC: Kyle Hendricks (4-3, 3.95)

Batting Stats:

Runs per game: Brewers 4.85 (9^th) > Cubs 4.68 (14^th)

Batting Average: Brewers .254 (17^th) > Cubs .245 (24^th)

On Base Percentage: Cubs .329 (10^th) > Brewers .325 (15^th)

Total Bases: Brewers 1550 (4^th) > Cubs 1442 (15^th)

Baserunning Stats:

Stolen Bases: Brewers 84 (2^nd) > Cubs 35 (25^th)

Pitching Stats:

Team Earned Run Average: Cubs 4.02 (8^th) > Brewers 4.10 (10^th)

Batting Average Against: Cubs .238 (6^th) > Brewers .256 (16^th)

Walks/Hits Per Innings Pitched: Cubs 1.29 (10^th) > Brewers 1.36 (13^th)

Strikeouts: Cubs 864 (9^th) > Brewers 823 (14^th)

Saves: Brewers 31 (3^rd) > Cubs 24 (13^th)

Fielding Stats:

Errors: Cubs 64 (24^th) > Brewers 77 (29^th)

Summary:

The Cubs enter the game 14^th in the league in runs per game (4.68) and 8^th in team earned run average (4.02).  Milwaukee ranks 9^th in runs per game (4.85) and 10^th in team ERA (4.10).  The Cubs are playing really well going (8-2) in their last ten games while the Brewers (3-7) are floundering.  Chicago is (5-4) head to head against Milwaukee this season outscoring them 56-52 in those games.  Cubs starter Kyle Hendriks (4-3, 3.95) isn’t quite the dominant pitcher he was last season but has put together a solid campaign.  Hendriks has pitched very well against the Brewers in his career holding them to a combined .161 average against.

Milwaukee will start Junior Guerra (1-4, 5.52) on the mound who has really struggled this season.  The Cubs are only hitting a combined .176 against Guerra.  Guerra was bad in June (0-2, 6.00) has been even worse in July (0-2, 6.88).  Milwaukee is (28-24) at home this season whereas Chicago is (25-25) on the road.  With Milwaukee stumbling and Guerra not pitching well, I can see the Cubs winning big in this one.

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