The Milwaukee Brewers have another chance to close out the Chicago Cubs and clinch their NLCS spot on Thursday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The pregame narrative:<\/strong> Chicago staved off elimination yesterday with a 4-3 win and is a slim underdog today. The Cubs turn to lefty Matthew Boyd, who got shelled in Game 1 of this series on Saturday. Milwaukee counters with its own ace, Freddy Peralta. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Check out my Brewers vs. Cubs predictions for Oct. 9, featuring prop bets on Andrew Vaughn and Kyle Tucker. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Parlay: Brewers moneyline | Vaughn over 1.5 bases | Tucker over 0.5 hits (+525)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Brewers moneyline (-122)<\/a>:<\/strong> We saw this pitching matchup unfold on Saturday, and the results were ugly. on Chicago’s side<\/p>\n\n\n\n Boyd gave up four hits and six runs (two earned) in 0.2 IP, and the Brewers went on to win 9-3. Peralta was much better, throwing 5.2 innings of two-run ball and striking out nine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Can we expect a bounce-back effort out of Chicago’s southpaw at home? I doubt it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Boyd has been shaky from Aug. 1 onward, sporting a 4.89 ERA over 12 starts with a miserable 18.5% K rate. The Cubs lost seven of those games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chicago’s active lineup has never been able to figure out Peralta. In 228 combined plate appearances, the group is hitting .161 and slugging .327 with a 29.8 K%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I expect the MLB-best Brewers to move on.<\/p>\n\n\n\nBrewers vs. Cubs predictions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n