CHICAGO -- Pat Murphy says anybody who considers the Cubs the underdogs to the Brewers at this point has things backwards. Don’t try to tell the skipper that his club still has a seven-game lead in the National League Central standings even after dropping both ends of Tuesday’s doubleheader at Wrigley Field, 6-4 in the opener and 4-1 in the nightcap. And certainly don’t mention that Fangraphs’ computer models peg Milwaukee’s odds of winning the division at 90.6 percent and Chicago’s at 9.4 percent.

“Are they underdogs? Seriously? They’re the underdogs in this series?” Murphy said as this five-game, four-day showdown began. “Look at the lineups. They’ve got All-Stars, they’ve got MVP candidates. … You’ve got veterans, you’ve got Gold Glove winners, you’ve got world champions.

“I mean,

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