In the first nine games of the second half, the Brewers are playing better baseball, going 6-3, while the Cubs are 5-4 in that same span. The Cubs have also been outscored more than the Brewers in ...

Chicago Cubs' Ian Happ (8) is helped off the field by a trainer and manager Craig Counsell (11) after suffering an injury during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers ...

The Brewers, who entered the All-Star break on a seven-game winning streak and extended it to 11 before a loss Tuesday to the Mariners, have erased what was once a 6.5-game Cubs lead in the division.