Sunday notes…

• ABOUT LEADS: In 11 of the Cubs’ 20 wins, their margin of victory was equal to their largest lead of the game, and they won those games by a total of 41 runs. In the nine other wins, including yesterday, they won by fewer runs than their largest lead, finally prevailing by a combined 24 runs after having held largest leads that added up to 45. In eight of their 14 losses, they held leads, with their biggest leads adding up to 24 runs. They lost the games by a combined 22. They never led in six games, which they lost by a total of 28 runs. (Courtesy BCB’s JohnW53)
• ABOUT WINNING, MOSTLY BECAUSE OF THE STARTERS: The Cubs have not lost more than two games in a row this season. In the last 20 games since April 14th, Cubs starting pitchers have a 2.76 ERA.
• THE MOREL FILES: Christopher Morel, last six games since April 29 (basically, this past week): .227/.320/.773 (5-for-22) with four home runs, eight RBI and three walks.
• HEATING UP AFTER A COLD STRETCH: Michael Busch, last three games: 5-for-13 (.385) with two doubles and a triple (shown above). Busch is one of nine Cubs to have exactly one triple this year. The other eight: Miguel Amaya, Cody Bellinger, Ian Happ, Nico Hoerner, Christopher Morel, Dansby Swanson, Patrick Wisdom and the since-departed Garrett Cooper.

Here are today’s particulars.

Cubs lineup:

Brewers lineup:

Javier Assad, RHP vs. Freddy Peralta, RHP

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Javier Assad has quietly turned himself into one of the best pitchers in MLB. Nothing flashy, he just gets outs. He’ll never be a big strikeout pitcher but… who cares, he just gets outs!

Assad made two relief appearances vs. Milwaukee last year, one at the very beginning of the season, one at the very end. I don’t think either one is representative of what Assad can do now.

The Cubs have had trouble with Freddy Peralta in the past. He’s got a career 3.34 ERA and 1.146 WHIP against them in 15 appearances (10 starts).

Ian Happ has an odd line vs. Peralta — 1-for-20, but the one hit is a home run. Also four walks. The only other Cub with more than a handful of PA vs. Peralta is Nico Hoerner, who’s 3-for-13 with two doubles.

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MILWAUKEE — UW-Milwaukee student Thomas Mulkerrins has spent every night since Monday sleeping outside in a tent on his school’s campus, an experience he said has been anything but comfortable.

“I woke up with a sunburn,” he said. “But at night it’s freezing cold, so I’ll wrap myself up in (a blanket) and then I wake up sweating, so that’s been tough.”

Mulkerrins serves as co-chair of UMM’s Young Democratic Socialist of America, He told TMJ4’s Tahleel Mohieldin that doesn’t plan on leaving until the demands he and fellow protestors, in support of Palestine, have laid out are met.

“We’re here for Gaza. What we’re doing is super important,” he said. “It’s very straightforward a genocide what’s happening right now. Children are dying, they’re starving the people.”

Protestors have been pushing the university to disclose their financial investments and cut all ties with Israel.

After six days of camping outside junior and co-chair of the UWM Students for a Democratic Society, Audari Tamayo told Mohieldin that university leaders have done little to meet their demands.

“Just those mass emails, they sent to the school to try to placate us,” Tamayo said.

Friday the UWM Foundation released a statement about their $237 million investment portfolio. A message Mulkerrins said was woefully inadequate.

“We’re asking for an itemized list and they gave us a description of what a bond is,” Mulkerrins criticized. “I would hope that they would have more faith in their Econ 101 classes which most of us have taken.”

The statement did provide some information. The Foundation noted in part that while none of their bond investments include weapons manufacturers or governments in the Middle East, they can’t select what investments are included in their equity mutual funds because of how they are managed.

Tahleel Mohieldin, TMJ4 News

“If it’s true that they have no say where their money goes, then they shouldn’t be putting their money where they have no say,” Tamayo said. “If it’s true that they’re not investing in these things then they need to show us the receipts if they have nothing to hide.”

He also said while he believes university administrators are falling short, their encampment is still making progress with others in the community offering their support including UWM faculty and alumni.

Tamayo and other campers said they have every intention of keeping their encampment peaceful as they set up barricades they said were for their own protection from outside agitators.

He said peaceful observers of all backgrounds however are welcome, siting the Jewish Shabbat dinner and Muslim Jummah prayer held Friday at the encampment as examples.

“If anybody feels unsafe it’s because they haven’t stepped foot in this encampment,” he added.

Both Tamayo and Mulkerrins said so far, the university has been hands off the encampment but with campuses across the country clashing with police they’re aware that could change. Still, they said they have no intention of slowing down.

“If it does happen here, we’ll be back up strong the next day,” Mulkerrin said, looking to UW-Madison as an example. “They can come in, they can arrest us, they can charge us, it’s not going to stop us.”

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MILWAUKEE – A Milwaukee nonprofit brought out the stars on Saturday to support Black children and their families.

The Black Child Development Institute held its inaugural gala – titled “Expanding our Village” – as it branches out across Wisconsin. The nonprofit focuses on improving the quality of life of Black children through direct support and policy-change advocacy. 

“We have Black children, specifically, all over the state, and our presence was not really known all over the state,” said Wanda Montgomery, board president. “We want to make sure that, what we do in Milwaukee, that we can replicate in other parts of the state.”

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FOX6’s Mary Stoker Smith, Aaron Maybin and Bria Jones were on hand for the event.