Playing in the first game of a scheduled doubleheader, the Brewers responded from their first loss in 15 games with another victory, and the crowd of 38,971 featured an awful lot of Milwaukee faithful cheering on the hottest team in baseball (79-45).

Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Cade Horton exited with a blister on his right middle finger in the third inning of a 7-0 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday

TV channel: All five games are on FanDuel Sports Wisconsin. The Aug. 19 game is also available locally on Fox6 (WITI-TV) in the Milwaukee area, WACY (tv32) and WGBA-NBC 26 in Green Bay, WISC-TV (TVW) in Madison, WKBT-TV in La Crosse and Eau Claire, KDLH-TV and KBJR-TV in Duluth and Superior, and WSAW-TV, WZAW-LD and WYOW in Wausau and Rhinelander.

Craig Counsell has become more than chilly about the Cubs looking up at his former team in the standings ... and apparently, George Webb burgers.

SportsLine's model simulated Milwaukee Brewers vs. Chicago Cubs 10,000 times and revealed its MLB picks for Monday afternoon's Game 1 matchup at Wrigley Field in Chicago

If the Cubs are going to make a late-season push to catch the Milwaukee Brewers atop the NL Central Division, they’ll have to get started this week. They likely won’t get another shot

The two are now set to face off in a high stakes dual (at least for the Cubs) at Wrigley Field in a five-game stretch. The Brewers not only have the upper-hand with a 78-45 record, but they have won 14 of their last 15 games and are coming off abrecently snapped 14-game win streak.

The Chicago Cubs once had a strong lead in the National League Central. However, the Milwaukee Brewers entered Sunday with a nine-game lead.