Chicago at Milwaukee

Chicago never had a chance in Game 1 as the Brewers scored nine runs in the first two innings and never looked back in a 9-3 victory for their seventh win in their past eight divisional playoff home games. Milwaukee is 53-29 at home this season, and the Cubs are only 42-40 on the road, including a current 0-5 run. The Cubs have scored just 11 runs in their past five games and relied on good pitching to defeat the Padres in the Wild Card Round, but that ended on Saturday. Aaron Ashby will start for the Brewers and likely will pitch just a few innings, and he retired all four batters he faced in Game 1. Ashby did not allow a run in his final seven appearances in the regular season in 10 1/3 innings. Shota Imanaga had a 6.51 ERA in September for the Cubs. Take the Brewers.