The Chicago Cubs and Milwaukee Brewers will begin their best-of-five Division Series on Saturday. The two NL Central foes will square off in the playoffs for the first time ever. The Cubs won the season series, 7-6, but the Brewers still won the division title by five games. In fact, they finished with the best record in baseball at 97-65. As such, the Brewers got a bye and have had nearly a week off. The Cubs dealt with a hard-fought Wild Card Series against the Padres , winning 2-1, in order to make it here.

The winner of this series will face the winner of the Dodgers-Phillies series in the NLCS for the pennant. The Cubs haven't won the pennant since 2016, and that was their only one since 1945. The Brewers have never won the NL pennant (though they did win the AL pennant in 1982

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