CHICAGO -- Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon often says a team has to go out and take what they desire because nothing is going to be given in baseball. Not over 162 games. The Milwaukee Brewers are heeding Maddon's advice, as two September series wins over their rivals have brought them to within a game of the National League Central lead.
The Cubs are hearing footsteps.
"They're definitely coming for us," said Kyle Hendricks, Wednesday's losing pitcher. "We can feel it."
The Brewers have a combination of left-handed thump at the plate and a generational left-hander on the mound.