The Milwaukee Brewers entered Friday's contest against the Washington Nationals in first place in the National League Central. Alas, the Brewers will have to continue to hold off the Chicago Cubs without one of their most talented players,

The Brewers take their National League-best record to the nation's capital for a weekend series against the Nationals.

Despite Wednesday’s loss to the Chicago Cubs, the Milwaukee Brewers still have the best record in baseball. The Crew took two out of three from the Cubs and are now a game up in the NL Central as they head into a three-game set against the Washington Nationals Jose Quintana has been a solid contributor at the back of Milwaukee’s rotation this year.

The Milwaukee Brewers are 64-44 despite their 10-3 loss to the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday. By winning the home series two games to three, the Brewers ensured that they are now one game ahead of the Cubs in the National League Central Division.

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The Cubs will give the ball to Ben Brown (5-7) against the Orioles and Tomoyuki Sugano (8-5). The Cubs were vicotrious 10-3 over the Brewers Wednesday in their most recent game. Kyle Tucker went 2 for 3 with a double and two RBIs to lead them offensively while Shota Imanaga was picked up the victory after throwing five innings,

The Chicago Cubs welcome the Baltimore Orioles to Wrigley Field for a Friday matinee. Chicago is 63-45 and enters the day one game back of the Brewers in the NL Central, while Baltimore is 50-59 and was a seller at the trade deadline.