As I write this, the Milwaukee Brewers have a off-day. They have 21 games remaining, a dozen of those at Miller Park. They've got a 79-62 record, four games behind Central Division-leading Chicago and a half-game ahead of St. Louis for the top wild card playoff spot.
In order, Milwaukee will face San Francisco, be at Chicago, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, at Pittsburgh, at St. Louis and Detroit. Of those 21 games, the Brewers probably need to go 15-6 or so to sew up the home field in the wild card playoff. But based on Chicago's schedule, winning the division is not out of the question.
Chicago's Cubs have 23 games (13 home) and will be at Washington for four games, then home against Milwaukee and Cincinnati, at Cincinnati, at Chicago's White Sox (practically a home series) and finish with four against Pittsburgh and three with St. Louis.
The St. Louis Cardinals have 22 games left (13 at home) and start at Detroit, host Pittsburgh and the LA Dodgers -- another team in a tight pennant race -- at Atlanta, home against San Francisco and Milwaukee, then finish the season at the Cubs.
There will be eyes on the scoreboard the next three weeks, but really, all Milwaukee can do is concentrate on the team across the diamond from them and let the rest play out. It will take steady starting pitching by the Brewers to complete this run. That and a consistent offense.
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