Update II: The game has been officially postponed. Double-header on the docket tomorrow.
Tonight’s #Cubs-Brewers at Wrigley Field has been postponed due to inclement weather.
It will be made up tomorrow as part of a split doubleheader (7-inning games), with the first game at 1:20 p.m. CDT followed by the regularly scheduled 7:05 p.m. CDT contest. pic.twitter.com/wpXqkX5yjM
— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) August 10, 2021
Update: The delay begins:
The start of tonight’s #Cubs-Brewers game will be delayed due to incoming inclement weather. pic.twitter.com/Oxeb5faypw
— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) August 9, 2021
The homestand continues tonight with Alec Mills and the Chicago Cubs hosting Freddy Peralta and the Milwaukee Brewers at Wrigley Field.
Mills is a clear underdog to a dominant Peralta (2.21 ERA, 2.48 FIP; 34.5 K%), but Mills has been on a quietly solid streak since joining the rotation in mid-June. He’s made 9 starts in that stretch (45.2 IP) with 35 strikeouts to 12 walks and a 3.55 ERA. He’s even gone a “full” 6.0 innings in each of his last two outings, including most recently in Colorado. If the strides he’s taken against left-handed batters this season are beginning to take hold, then we could see him in the Cubs rotation for years to come.
Go Cubs.
Game Info
Milwaukee Brewers (66-46) at Chicago Cubs (52-61) – Monday, August 9th at 7:05 CT on MARQ, 670 The Score
Starting Pitchers
Brewers: Freddy Peralta (R)
versus
Cubs: Alec Mills (R)
Chicago Cubs (Lineup Discussion):
1. Rafael Ortega, CF
2. Willson Contreras, C
3. Ian Happ, LF
4. Patrick Wisdom, 3B
5. Greg Deichmann, RF
6. Frank Schwindel, 1B
7. Andrew Romine, SS
8. Sergio Alcantara, 2B
9. Alec Mills, P
Milwaukee Brewers:
1. Kolten Wong, 2B
2. Christian Yelich, LF
3. Willy Adames, SS
4. Omar Narvaez, C
5. Eduardo Escobar, 3B
6. Avisail Garcia, RF
7. Rowdy Tellez, 1B
8. Lorenzo Cain, CF
9. Freddy Peralta, P