Seattle saw their four-game winning streak snapped yesterday in an 11-3 loss to Houston. Bryan Woo was uncharacteristically bad allowing four earned runs in six innings. Jorge Polanco drove in two of the three runs for the Mariners in the loss.

The Chicago Cubs made an excellent decision to hire Craig Counsell. Jed Hoyer did the right job by poaching him from the Milwaukee Brewers, but unfortunately for the Cubs, Milwaukee hasn't gone away. Frankly, the Brewers look to be one of the better teams in the National League once again, sitting at 59-40 and 10-0 over their last 10.

Point differential is calculated simply by the difference between runs scored and runs against. The Cubs are leading the Majors in the category.

The Brewers open the second half a game behind the Cubs atop the Central Division standings. What were the expectations coming out of spring training?

Seiya Suzuki's three-run homer helped the Cubs score a 4-1 win over the Red Sox. But after cooling off baseball's hottest team, can the Cubs stand the heat in their own division?

The Cubs made their move up the standings about this time last season, but still came up a game short of a National League wild-card spot. Chicago is 49-54 after 103 games and 4 1/2 games back of ...

Announcers: Lane Grindle and Josh Maurer will call the games on the Brewers Radio Network. Yes, the Brewers broadcast is available on Channel 180 on July 7, Channel 182 on July 8 and Channel 177 on July 9. The Dodgers broadcast is available on the Sirius XM app.

It's Friday, July 18 and the Brewers (56-40) are in Los Angeles to take on the Dodgers (58-39). Quinn Priester is slated to take the mound for Milwaukee against Tyler Glasnow for Los Angeles.