Busch scored on a wild pitch. Then with runners on second and third and two outs, Ian Happ hit a swinging bunt. Misiorowski fielded it and sailed a throw over first baseman Andrew Vaughn, giving the Cubs a chance to tack on two more runs.

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.

There are no mulligans in Major League Baseball, as much as Brewers rookie Jacob Misiorowski may have wanted one during a disastrous first inning on Monday night in his first career start against the rival Cubs.

Sole possession of first place in the Central Division is on the line tonight as the Brewers host the Cubs at American Family Field.

The Major League Baseball trade deadline is 6 p.m. ET this coming Thursday, July 31, and the action is beginning to pick up. This past weekend we saw Josh Naylor go to the Mariners and Ryan McMahon go to the Yankees,