Milwaukee at Chicago

The Chicago Cubs have been on the decline for the past few seasons. After trading their most dangerous hitter in Soriano to the Yankees, and their top pitcher Matt Garza to the Rangers, the message is clear. The towel has once again been thrown in. That sends a message to players that this season is over, so motivation will be hard to come by. At the same time, the diminished talent can only spell a worse finish than the mediocre numbers produced by this team thus far. Milwaukee will go with Yovani Gallardo in this one, and he enters with a 4.53 road ERA. The Cubs will give Carlos Villanueva another try. The problem for the Cubs is that he is just 1-6 in this starts this season. The Cubs are just 56-79 the past two seasons in division games. Milwaukee has dominated here at 26-9 in their last 35 meetings. Play Game 1 on Milwaukee.