Cubs' Willson Contreras was plunked again and answered with the game-winning homer. But not before tensions grew over HBPs with the Brewers.

The Cubs and Brewers rivalry has been around since 1998 when the Cubs and Brewers first met as divisional rivals. The Brewers currently hold a five-game advantage over the Cubs in their overall ...

The Brewers are more concerned about the Reds — four games back — than the Cubs. They know the rivalry has tipped their way, possibly in a big way.

Still, it wouldn't feel great for Brewers fans to watch their old manager-turned-rival, Craig Counsell, add a player at the ...

The rivalry between the Chicago Cubs and Milwaukee Brewers has been heated over the last seven years, thanks to the proximity of the cities, the fact both teams were usually contenders for the Nati… ...

But the Brewers right-hander couldn't put Morel away and challenged him with a 3-2 fastball that Morel turned around and sliced through the wind for a homer to straightaway center for a 1-0 Cubs lead.

The rivalry has been one of the ... as was the bullpen gap (3.16 ERA for the Cubs, 4.28 for the Brewers). The Cubs even had surpassed the Brewers in stolen bases — 90 to 89 — and the back ...

Opener to start the Brewers-Cubs rivalry series! Tyler Alexander is starting for the Brewers tonight in front of scheduled starter Quinn Priester. — Adam McCalvy (@AdamMcCalvy) May 2, 2025.

Cubs manager David Ross writes notes during the second inning against the Brewers at Wrigley Field on Aug. 28, 2023. The last time he was in this kind of position was September 2020, when no one ...

Craig Counsell’s first game in the rivalry from the other side of the field followed suit, ... Brewers at Cubs, Sunday 1:20 p.m. Milwaukee RHP Freddy Peralta vs. Chicago RHP Javier Assad.

Unlike the two previous seasons during which the Milwaukee Brewers won the NL Central by at least nine games, the Cubs sit atop the division this year with a four-game lead over the second-place ...

If either the Cardinals or Brewers creep up and make the NL Central race a tight one with the Cubs, that second-place team vs. the Cubs gets the top billing in the 2025 rivalry. If the Cubs run ...