Chicago Cubs vs. Milwaukee Brewers preview, Tuesday 9/11, 7:05 CT

Tuesday notes:

• Jose Quintana is the first Cub to make six starts in a single season against the Brewers and the first major league pitcher to do so since 1975 when the Tigers Vern Ruhle did it. All told, Quintana is the seventh pitcher to make six starts in a season against Milwaukee since 1970. More on Q below.
• Eleven of the 17 games between the Cubs and Brewers have been decided by three or fewer runs, including five by a single run (the Cubs are 2-3 in those contests). So far in the season series, the Cubs have outscored the Brewers by seven runs (56-49) and lead the series 10-7.
• In his last five games, Ben Zobrist is 8-for-16 with four RBI, and his .314 season average now ranks third among N.L. qualified hitters. Ben’s .388 OBP is 70 points higher than his .318 OBP in 128 games last season.

Here are today’s particulars.

Cubs lineup:

Brewers lineup:

Jose Quintana, LHP vs. Jhoulys Chacin, RHP

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Jose Quintana, last four starts: 2.38 ERA, 1.147 WHIP, no home runs in 22⅔ innings. That’s the Q we’ve been waiting to see almost all season. That includes his last start, September 5 in Milwaukee, where he threw 6x solid innings, allowing just two runs.

Overall in Q’s career against the Brewers he has a 1.78 ERA and 0.824 WHIP in nine starts. Current Milwaukee batters are hitting .209 (60-for-287) against him.

Q’s opponent in that September 5 game was tonight’s opponent, Jhoulys Chacin. The Cubs pushed five runs (three earned) across the plate against Chacin that night in 4⅔ innings, including a home run by Daniel Murphy.

Chacin has had a pretty good year overall but since August 1: 4.02 ERA, 1.314 WHIP, five home runs allowed in 40⅓ innings. Current Cubs are hitting .294 (30-for-102) against him with four home runs.

Today’s game is on WGN. It’s also on MLB Network (outside the Chicago and Milwaukee markets).

Here is the complete MLB.com Mediacenter for today.

MLB.com Gameday

Baseball-reference.com game preview

SB Nation game preview

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You’ll find the game preview posted separately on the front page, two hours before game time (90 minutes for some early day games following night games).

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