On Friday, Aug. 15, the Cubs dropped the opener of a three-game series to the Pirates 3-2. That evening, the Brewers overcame an 8-1 second-inning deficit and beat the Reds 10-8. It was the 13th victory in Milwaukee’s eventual 14-game winning streak and put them nine games ahead of the Cubs in the NL Central.

Ten days later, the Cubs are on an 8-2 run and over that span the Brewers are 4-6. Thus the Cubs have cut four games off that nine-game lead in a 10-game span and trail Milwaukee by five with 31 games remaining for both teams.

Can that deficit be overcome? Of course it can; teams have blown bigger leads with less time left in the season. Will it be easy? No. Is it possible? Absolutely, positively so.

Here are the remaining schedules for both teams, listed in chronological order, wi

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