Cubs oddly take the season series from the Brewers

The Chicago Cubs are one of the worst teams in the National League right now. At 55-73, they are 18.5 games out of first place and have had no chance at the playoffs all season long. Their roster is flawed and they have a long way to go before they are competing again.

However, they would love nothing more than to be the main reason that the Milwaukee Brewers miss the playoffs. That is probably going to be the case for the Brewers now as they lost the season series to this bad Cubs team.

The Cubs sealed the season series victory on Friday night with their big 4 to 3 win in extra innings. That was their tenth win of the season against their rivals to the north and the Brewers only had seven with two games to play.

On Saturday, the Brewers won 7-0 and then 9-7 on Sunday. The Brewers won this individual series but the season series ends at 10-9 in favor of the Cubs. It is tough that the Cubs lost the last two but they did take ten of the 19 games which is remarkable.

The Chicago Cubs beat the Milwaukee Brewers more often than not in 2022.

As mentioned before, this could be what ends up keeping the Brewers out of the postseason. They go into Monday 5.5 games out of the lead for the NL Central Division. The St. Louis Cardinals are the team that they are trailing there.

In the Wild Card race, they are 1.5 games out. They are within striking distance of both the San Diego Padres and Philadelphia Phillies for the second and third spot (the non-division winner of the New York Mets and Atlanta Braves will get the top Wild Card spot).

If they played a lot better against the Cubs, they would be in a playoff spot. You can absolutely point to the way that they have played against them as being the reason that they aren’t currently above the playoff line.

Honestly, that is something for the Cubs to be proud of for the Cubs. The Cardinals were too strong this year so the next best thing would be keeping the Brewers out if you are the Cubs. At this point in the season, playing spoiler is the most fun that they can have.

Going into the week, the Cubs will now face off against the Toronto Blue Jays. They are in the thick of the American League playoff race as well so more spoiling opportunities are there for the taking. It should be interesting to watch.