To begin the week, the Milwaukee Brewers and the Chicago Cubs were hoping to end respective five-game losing streaks. The Brewers did exactly that with a 18-1 blowout of the Cubs on Monday. Now the Cubs are hoping to end a six-game losing streak when the host the Brewers on Tuesday at 8:05 PM ET.
The baseball betting line has this game listed as a pick with both teams paying -110.
The Milwaukee Brewers (49-58, 25-30 away) broke out of their offensive slump in a major way Monday night. They had a season-high 26 hits and were 12 for 29 with runners in scoring position. The offensive outburst came on the heels of a five-game losing streak in which they managed just eight runs and 31 hits.
Corey Hart, the Brewers’ two-time All-Star right fielder, broke out of his slump by totaling four hits and an RBI after going 6 for 29 in his previous eight games. His breakout game came on the same day that he signed a $26.5 million, three-year contract extension to stay with Milwaukee.
The Chicago Cubs (46-60, 26-28 home) have been outscored 63-17 over the course of its current six-game skid. The lone bright spot for the team has been rookie shortstop Starlin Castro, who had two of his team’s four hits Monday night. He is batting .405 in his last 19 games.
Pitching has been a major problem for the Cubs over the course of their losing-streak. They have posted a 10.47 ERA over the skid. They place their hopes to lower that stat in the hands of Thomas Diamond (0-0, 0.00 ERA) who will be making his first major league start.
Milwaukee will hand the ball to Chris Narveson (8-7, 5.90 ERA). His one other start against Chicago was a major success. He struck out a career-high 10 and allowed one run en route to a 3-2 win on September 23.
