The Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago Cubs enter the series tied for first place in the NL Central and for the best record in the National League.

Preview the July 29 matchup between the Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago Cubs with recent trends, how to watch, livestream info, and more.

When the Brewers and Cubs played at the beginning of May, the Cubs were clearly the better team as they easily won the first two games of the series before the Brewers avoided a sweep by salvaging the third game. Tonight, after a rocky start, the Brewers looked like they belonged.

The Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago Cubs head into the final series of July tied with identical 62-43 records. Both teams sit atop the National League Central, with the Cincinnati Reds trailing 6.5 games behind. It’s shaping up to be one of the most exciting division races of the season.

With the July 31 trade deadline looming, deals are already getting done with more on the way. Contenders are looking

MLB reporter Héctor Gómez wrote on Twitter that the Brewers had emerged "now as a top suitor" for Suarez, but the names he mentioned as a possible return lined up perfectly with our Journal Sentinel story proposing mock trades (with reaction and analysis from Curt Hogg), which seems fishy.