Chicago Cubs vs. Milwaukee Brewers preview, Sunday 8/28, 1:10 CT

Sunday notes…

• IT’S THE STARTERS: This month, Cubs starters have a 3.24 ERA (48 earned runs in 133⅓ innings).
• MORE AUGUST NUMBERS: The Cubs are 14-12 in August with 4 video games remaining within the month, so splitting the 4 (or higher) will clinch the Cubs’ first profitable calendar month since Might 2021.
• WEIRD SPLITS: The Cubs are 42-39 towards the NL Central and NL East, however simply 13-33 towards NL West and AL groups. Video games remaining (35 complete): 17 vs. NL Central, 9 vs. NL East, six vs. NL West, three vs. AL.
• HE’S HOT: Seiya Suzuki, final 10 video games since August 19: .344/.432/.563 (11-for-32), 4 doubles, a house run, 4 walks, two stolen bases.
• HE’S NOT: Rowan Wick, final six outings since August 16: 11.81 ERA, 2.813 WHIP, 4 HR allowed in 5⅓ innings, two blown saves.

Listed here are right this moment’s particulars.

Cubs lineup:

Brewers lineup:

Mitchell, a first-round draft choose in 2020, is making his major-league debut.

Adrian Sampson, RHP vs. Eric Lauer, LHP

Adrian Sampson threw a clunker towards the Cardinals final Tuesday at Wrigley Area, his solely actually dangerous begin this yr. He obtained hit exhausting even when getting outs and allowed two residence runs in lower than 4 innings.

He was higher July 6 towards the Brewers in Milwaukee — one run in 5x innings, no walks, 5 strikeouts. I’d take a kind of this afternoon.

Eric Lauer has a 2.12 ERA and 1.059 WHIP in three begins towards the Cubs this yr, masking 17 innings. That’s considerably higher than his general mark in 2022.

He hasn’t confronted the Cubs since July 4 and I feel you’d agree the Cubs are a greater crew now than they had been then. Lauer has been good in August — 2.16 ERA in 4 begins — and held the Dodgers scoreless for 5 innings in his final begin August 22, so the Cubs can have a tricky job this afternoon.

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