The Cream City Nine are surging, winners of five straight series and holding onto a 2.5-game lead on a playoff spot heading into September’s first full weekend. But, to steal a concept from football on NFL kickoff weekend, this could be a series of trap games for the Brewers.
The San Francisco Giants will come to town to break up two series against the Chicago Cubs. After making a small dent in the NL Central race by taking 2 of 3 from the Cubs this week, they’ll have to avoid a letdown against the 4th-place Giants in order to make sure that second series in Chicago will still have meaning in the division race.