The Cubs have shown the ability to bounce back after dropping the first two games of a series this season.

Milwaukee Brewers at Chicago Cubs

Milwaukee dropped five in a row before Monday’s 18-1 blowout victory over the Cubs and followed that performance up with a 4-3 win last night.  “We’ve had a real good approach in this series,” third baseman Casey McGehee said.  Today’s game will be the final of a six-game road trip that saw the club suffer a sweep in Houston.  The Brewers are 26-30 on the road (-20) and have posted a 4-9-4 mark in series play away from Miller Park.  Milwaukee is 2-1 early in August and a dominating 35-22 during this calendar month the last three seasons (+930).  A win today would give the Brewers four consecutive victories over the Cubs for the first time since 2006.  They may be hard-pressed to accomplish that feat, with a 14-25 daytime record (-1,290).

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A battle of NL Central opponents is featured to close out the week of MLB action.

Milwaukee Brewers at St. Louis Cardinals

Milwaukee is playing the sixth game of its current seven-game road trip to Florida (1-3) and St. Louis (0-2).  The Brewers placed themselves in an early hole by allowing four runs in the first inning in a 5-4 loss to the Cardinals, as the team has allowed 49 runs in the first frame this season – the most of any inning.  “There’s been a bunch of games when we’ve been behind,” Brewers manager Ken Macha said.  “I’ve got no answers for that.”  The team is getting use to the idea of scheduling left-handed starters in 2010, with Sunday’s matchup representing the 30th game they’ve scheduled a southpaw against the opposition.  This represents a challenge against a Cardinals’ club that is 9-6 versus lefties this season (+80), but the total is 5-9-1 O/U in those games.

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