The Milwaukee Brewers visit the Chicago Cubs on Thursday, September 3, 2026 at 6:15 p.m. CT from Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL.
The Chicago Cubs enter at 78-62, while the Milwaukee Brewers sit at 87-53. Kevin Gausman (8-11, 4.52 ERA in 155.1 innings) takes the mound for the Cubs, opposed by Logan Henderson (9-2, 2.48 ERA in 76.1 innings).
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Chicago leads all of baseball in almost every meaningful offensive category, and Crow-Armstrong sits right at the center of that production. The Cubs lead MLB in home runs, RBI, on-base percentage, slugging percentage and OPS, and Crow-Armstrong leads the team with 38 home runs and 91 RBI. Over his last 10 games, he has gone 14 for 45 with seven home runs, making him the biggest power threat in this lineup heading into this divisional game.Â
Milwaukee counters with one of the sport’s stingiest pitching staffs, ranking second in ERA, third in WHIP and second in strikeouts. That kind of staff has shut down plenty of lineups this season, which is why Crow-Armstrong’s power stands out as the one matchup Milwaukee’s shutdown staff can’t fully account for.
Milwaukee’s pitching staff does not hand out many scoring chances, which makes Suzuki’s supporting punch behind Crow-Armstrong that much more important. Suzuki is second on the Cubs with 24 home runs and 80 RBI this season, and in a game where Chicago may need to cash in on limited opportunities, his run production profile stands out.Â
Scoring against Milwaukee’s staff has been difficult all year, evidenced by a .221 opponent batting average and a .658 opponent OPS this season. Chicago still owns the league’s best team OPS at .773, and Suzuki’s production against a staff built to suppress it will be a key factor in whether the Cubs’ offense holds up on the road.
Milwaukee wins with contact and on-base skill more than raw power, and Turang is the clearest example of that identity. The Brewers rank 30th in home runs but are third in batting average, second in on-base percentage, third in RBI and sixth in stolen bases. Turang leads Milwaukee with 78 RBI and is also one of the club’s top power contributors with 17 home runs, making him a central run creator in a lineup built more on pressure than pure slug.
Chicago’s own pitching tells a different story, ranking 16th in ERA and already surrendering 211 home runs, among the most in baseball this season. A staff prone to giving up the long ball is exactly the matchup where Turang’s contact-first approach can turn into extra bases, and every run he creates chips away at a Cubs staff that has struggled to keep the ball in the yard.
Recent form is squarely in Yelich’s favor entering this series. In Tuesday’s win over the Cubs, he went 1 for 4 with a two-run homer, a walk and two runs scored, and over his last eight games he is 10 for 27, batting .370 with five extra-base hits. That kind of short-term surge matters in a series between the top two teams in the division.
Chicago’s offense carries this roster, but the pitching side hasn’t kept pace, posting a 4.17 team ERA and giving up home runs at one of the highest rates in the league this season. Yelich has already shown he can exploit that weakness, and the Brewers will need more of the same from him if they want to protect their spot atop the NL Central.
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