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Adam McCalvy @adammccalvy.bsky.social · 14h

With Crew's cards close to chest, The Miz could be in play for Game 5 www.mlb.com/news/jacob-m...

With Crew's cards close to chest, The Miz could be in play for Game 5

MILWAUKEE -- The Brewers have gone from removing rookie Jacob Misiorowski from the starting rotation at the end of the regular season to fielding persistent questions about whether he would even make ...

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Adam McCalvy @adammccalvy.bsky.social · 14h

'Get behind these guys': Murph's plea to Brewers fans a rallying cry ahead of Game 5 www.mlb.com/news/pat-mur...

'Get behind these guys': Murph's plea to Brewers fans a rallying cry ahead of Game 5

MILWAUKEE -- Pat Murphy had an unprompted message for Brewers fans going into Saturday’s must-win Game 5 of the National League Division Series against the Cubs. Actually, he had a couple of messages.

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Adam McCalvy @adammccalvy.bsky.social · 1d

Cubs-Brewers Game 5 FAQ, with our predictions for the pitching and lineups, and what the bullpens look like after a lot of work in Games 1-4. www.mlb.com/news/cubs-vs...

Cubs-Brewers NLDS Game 5 FAQ (Sat., 8 p.m. ET, TBS)

CHICAGO -- All the world’s a stage, and the Cubs and Brewers are set to take it Saturday night in a win-or-go-home meeting in Milwaukee. The I-94 Rivalry heads back north for Game 5 of the National Le...

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Adam McCalvy @adammccalvy.bsky.social · 1d

We will have two Division Series Game 5s in this postseason. Here’s @DKramer_ with a trip down memory lane, including one from 2011 you might enjoy. www.mlb.com/news/divisio...

Every Game 5 in Division Series history

There have been 39 winner-take-all Game 5s in Division Series history since the best-of-five series was added to the postseason docket in 1995, when MLB expanded to allow a Wild Card team from each le...

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Adam McCalvy @adammccalvy.bsky.social · 1d

Shota Imanaga may be Cubs' best option for the Game 5 start -- but there are others. On Chicago’s potential path to 27 outs. www.mlb.com/news/shota-i...

Imanaga may be Cubs' best option for G5 start -- but there are others

CHICAGO – A trend throughout this postseason for Cubs manager Craig Counsell has been waiting until necessary to reveal his pick for the next game’s starter. With a winner-take-all Game 5 now looming ...

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Adam McCalvy @adammccalvy.bsky.social · 1d

The Cubs are the first team to homer in the first inning of four straight games in the same postseason. That seems like a problematic trend for the Brewers in this NLDS. www.mlb.com/news/ian-hap...

Happ's homer off Brewers' ace extends Cubs' 1st-inning magic

CHICAGO – Facing elimination for the second consecutive night, the Cubs’ longest-tenured player took matters into his own hands on Thursday at Wrigley Field. Ian Happ crushed a three-run homer off Bre...

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Adam McCalvy @adammccalvy.bsky.social · 1d

Speaking of Matthew Boyd, he had quite a comeback. So have the Cubs, wrote Jordan Bastian. www.mlb.com/news/cubs-wi...

Boyd regroups at Wrigley as Cubs blank Crew to force Game 5

CHICAGO – After the standing ovation from the raucous crowd at Wrigley Field on Thursday night, Matthew Boyd went right to the top step of the Cubs’ dugout. The veteran lefty waited and watched Daniel...

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Adam McCalvy @adammccalvy.bsky.social · 1d

After falling behind in Game 3, Brewers hitters showed fight. After falling behind in Game 4, they went quietly against a pitcher they’d roughed up less than a week earlier. @AlexJStumpf on why Brice Turang could be a key to a turnaround. www.mlb.com/news/brewers...

Quiet Crew offense aims to regain mojo in Milwaukee

CHICAGO -- There’s been a pattern through the first four games of this National League Division Series: If the Brewers don’t strike fast, they might not strike at all. On Thursday night, it was the la...

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Adam McCalvy @adammccalvy.bsky.social · 1d

“Best available pitcher, let's go.”

It didn’t work for Freddy Peralta after another early Cubs ambush and chants of “FREDD-DY, FRED-DY.” Coming off losses behind the only two full-go starters on the roster, where does that leave the Brewers for Game 5? www.mlb.com/news/freddy-...

With Brewers unable to clinch behind Peralta ... who do they turn to for Game 5?

CHICAGO -- The Brewers’ choice of who to start Game 4 of the NLDS at Wrigley Field on Thursday was also the obvious one: Right-hander Freddy Peralta. But it didn’t go to plan from the very first innin...

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Adam McCalvy @adammccalvy.bsky.social · 1d

Game 4 MLB dot com 🧵:

After some tough days at Wrigley in August, Christian Yelich predicted that the Brewers & Cubs would meet again in October, and that it would be a good series.

The Brewers have let it become a much better series than they hoped. www.mlb.com/news/brewers...

Brewers prepared -- not panicked -- for decisive Game 5 at home

CHICAGO -- It was at this ballpark in late August that the Brewers’ zen master, Christian Yelich, urged calm. The Brewers were fresh off a franchise-record 14-game winning streak when they came to Wri...

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Adam McCalvy @adammccalvy.bsky.social · 1d

Pat Murphy quoted Shakespeare in his pregame presser, so we have clearly reached the delirium stage of MLB’s postseason in record time.

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Adam McCalvy @adammccalvy.bsky.social · 1d

On the Brewers’ decision to start Freddy Peralta in Game 4. www.mlb.com/news/freddy-...

Ace Peralta to take hill as Brewers eye clinch in Game 4

CHICAGO -- The Brewers’ choice to start Game 4 of the NLDS at Wrigley Field on Thursday is also the obvious one: Right-hander Freddy Peralta.

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Adam McCalvy @adammccalvy.bsky.social · 2d

From the ICYMI department: Game 3 was the first Brewers-Cubs postseason game at Wrigley, but it wasn’t the first time they played a huge October game there. Josh Hader helped us remember Game 163. www.mlb.com/news/brewers...

Crew, Cubs haven't met in playoffs prior to NLDS matchup ... 'But we kind of have'

CHICAGO -- The record reflects that the Brewers and Cubs had never met in the postseason before this National League Division Series.

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Adam McCalvy @adammccalvy.bsky.social · 2d

Key storylines for today’s NLDS games from @williamfleitch — www.mlb.com/news/storyli...

Key storylines for today's two pivotal NLDS Game 4s

If we learned anything from Wednesday’s National League Division Series action, it’s that no one’s going down easily. Now we’re one step closer to seeing at least one rare comeback. The Cubs and Phill...

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Adam McCalvy @adammccalvy.bsky.social · 2d

Previewing Game 4, including what we know about the pitching plans and potential lineups of there aren’t any surprises.

By the way, it’s an 8:08 p.m. CT start because the Philllies-Dodgers series is still going. www.mlb.com/news/brewers...

Brewers-Cubs NLDS Game 4 FAQ (9 p.m. ET, TBS)

CHICAGO -- While the Cubs staved off elimination in front of the Wrigley Field faithful on Wednesday night, the Brewers will get another crack at capturing their first postseason series since 2018 whe...

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Adam McCalvy @adammccalvy.bsky.social · 2d

The Brewers had a chance to make it another big first inning against Jameson Taillon, but came up with only one run. Taillon’s 12 outs proved critical in the effort to hold off Milwaukee’s comeback. www.mlb.com/news/jameson...

After wobbly 1st, Taillon the steady hand Cubs need to guide Game 3 win

CHICAGO – A less-experienced arm possibly unravels in the early going of Wednesday’s win-or-go-home Game 3 of the National League Division Series.

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Adam McCalvy @adammccalvy.bsky.social · 2d

After the Brewers knocked him around in Game 1, Cubs lefty Matthew Boyd is eyeing redemption in Game 4. He’s part of the pitching plan for Craig Counsell today. www.mlb.com/news/matthew...

Boyd eyes chance for redemption in Game 4: 'I’ll do my role'

CHICAGO – Cubs manager Craig Counsell did not name his next starting pitcher in the immediate wake of Wednesday’s 4-3 win over the Brewers in Game 3 of the National League Division Series. Counsell ex...

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Adam McCalvy @adammccalvy.bsky.social · 2d

Here’s what the other side is saying: How one big inning put the Cubs back in this series: www.mlb.com/news/cubs-wi...

Cubs erupt in historic 1st inning, then hold off Crew to extend NLDS

CHICAGO -- When the baseball found its way into the basket atop Wrigley Field’s brick wall in right field, Cubs first baseman Michael Busch let out a celebratory shout. The chaos of the top of the fir...

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Adam McCalvy @adammccalvy.bsky.social · 2d

Brandon Lockridge made the NLDS roster primarily for speed and defense. But he drew a start in center field for Game 3 even though Jackson Chourio was a go.

Here’s how he stayed ready: www.mlb.com/news/brandon...

Batting 8th and in CF, Lockridge gets 1st starting nod since August for Game 3

CHICAGO -- Here’s one from out of left field. Or, center field, as it were. Brandon Lockridge was the Brewers’ starting center fielder for Game 3 of the National League Division Series.

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Adam McCalvy @adammccalvy.bsky.social · 2d

If you miss a first inning in this series, you’ve missed a lot. In Game 3, you would have missed a bizarre pop up in the Brewers’ half that had many asking, “Why wasn’t the infield fly rule called there?”

Here’s the explanation from the umps. www.mlb.com/news/why-the...

Bizarre popup ignites another wild 1st inning between Brewers, Cubs

CHICAGO -- Matinees at Wrigley Field are an adventure for ballplayers, who must deal with the sun, shadows and wind. It took just four batters into Chicago's 4-3 win over Milwaukee in Game 3 of the Na...

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Adam McCalvy @adammccalvy.bsky.social · 2d

Surely the Brewers and Cubs both know at this hour who is starting Game 4. But in a series rich with gamesmanship, they’re not telling the rest of us. How Jose Quintana’s effort in Game 3 gave Milwaukee options, beginning of course with Freddy Peralta. www.mlb.com/news/jose-qu...

After Quintana made a 'pen appearance in Game 3, who starts G4 for the Crew?

CHICAGO -- Through the 14 years he's spent in the Majors, four of which were spent with the Cubs, Jose Quintana was asked to do something Wednesday he had never done before: Come out of the bullpen in...

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Adam McCalvy @adammccalvy.bsky.social · 2d

MLB dot com coverage from Brewers-Cubs Game 3 🧵

Quinn Priester took the blame after putting the Brewers in a hole they couldn’t quite escape. But the hitters had their chances. More on the bunt play and the bases loaded threat here. www.mlb.com/news/brewers...

Priester's homecoming dream dashed after 1st inning of NLDS G3 goes awry

CHICAGO -- Quinn Priester said he was relaxed and ready for a dream opportunity to pitch in the postseason at Wrigley Field, where he once cheered for the Cubs in the 2016 World Series. After a breakt...

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Adam McCalvy @adammccalvy.bsky.social · 2d

Quinn Priester’s dream start turned into a dud, and the Brewers couldn’t quite make it all the way back.

As Priester walked off the mound, Pat Murphy stopped him.

“‘Be ready to pitch again,’” was the manager’s message, Priester said. “And I am.” www.mlb.com/news/brewers...

Priester's homecoming dream dashed after 1st inning of NLDS G3 goes awry

CHICAGO -- Quinn Priester said he was relaxed and ready for a dream opportunity to pitch in the postseason at Wrigley Field, where he once cheered for the Cubs in the 2016 World Series. After a breakt...

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Jordan Bastian @bastianmlb.bsky.social · 2d

The first inning in the NLDS...

Game 1: Cubs 1, Brewers 6
Game 2: Cubs 3, Brewers 3
Game 3: Brewers 1, Cubs 4

To quote @adammccalvy.bsky.social: Sweet sassy molassy!

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Adam McCalvy @adammccalvy.bsky.social · 3d

“Moments here are remembered.”

“It was stressful.”

“It was a big deal.”

The Brewers and Cubs are playing in the postseason for the first time, but Game 3 won’t be the first huge October matchup at Wrigley.

Josh Hader, Joe Maddon and more on Game 163 ⤵️ atmlb.com/4h9WnE0

Crew, Cubs haven't met in playoffs prior to NLDS matchup ... 'But we kind of have'

CHICAGO -- The record reflects that the Brewers and Cubs had never met in the postseason before this National League Division Series.

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