The Cubs and Brewers got a head start on all those road-trippers Sunday night. Both the Cubs’ flight from Philadelphia and the Brewers flight from Washington were diverted to O’Hare Airport because of a line of thunderstorms in southern Wisconsin on Sunday evening. The teams separately chartered buses to take them on the 90-minute trip from O’Hare to Milwaukee, where they’ll play the series opener on Monday at 1:10 p.m.
Just as they did in 2017, the Cubs allowed the Brewers to take a lead in the N.L. Central, then overtook them with a second-half run. The Cubs lost to the Reds Friday, July 6 and were 2½ games behind the Brewers, who were in first place at the time.