Chicago Cubs vs. Milwaukee Brewers preview, Saturday 5/3, 6:10 CT

The Cubs go for the series win.

Saturday notes…

• MILESTONE INCOMING: Win or lose tonight, the Cubs will make some team history. A victory will bring their total to 5,000 at National League parks since 1876, the league’s inaugural season. They have lost 5,703 games at NL parks since 1877. .A defeat would be their 5,000th at an NL park since 1901, start of the Modern Era. They have won 4,332 games at NL parks since 1901. (Courtesy BCB’s JohnW53)
• PCA UPDATE: Pete Crow-Armstrong, last 15 games since April 14: .322/.333/.729 (19-for-59) with six doubles, six home runs, 12 runs scored, six stolen bases and 16 RBI.
• THE BUSCH LEAGUE: Michael Busch, last 16 games since April 13: .297/.375/.609 (19-for-64) with five doubles, five home runs, 10 runs scored and 16 RBI.
• THE KELLY FILES: Carson Kelly, last four games since April 25: .412/.444/.647 (7-for-17) with a double and a home run.

Here are today’s particulars.

Cubs lineup:

The Brewers lineup was not available at posting time. Please check BCB social media for the Brewers lineup.

Jameson Taillon, RHP vs. José Quintana, LHP

Jameson Taillon has been really good since a clunker in his first 2025 start. Since then, in five starts he has a 2.76 ERA and 0.944 WHIP, and has gone at least six innings in three of those starts. That’s pretty much what he was doing last year.

Last year he made four starts vs. the Brewers and posted a 2.49 ERA and 0.908 WHIP and allowed only one home run in 25⅓ innings.

Keep up the good work, Jamo.

José Quintana didn’t sign with the Brewers until March, so he had a bit of a delayed start to his season. His four starts have been excellent, as he sports a 1.14 ERA and 1.141 WHIP.

He faced the Cubs once last year, June 21, 2024 at Wrigley Field, and held them to one run in 6⅓ innings.

Quintana is 36 now and still pitching effectively. It still astounds me that he spent four seasons with the Cubs, 82 games (78 starts) and posted a 4.24 ERA. That’s so much worse than he has done for basically every other team he’s played for. For all other teams, Quintana has 281 appearances (259 starts) with an ERA of 3.56. It makes no sense that he was that good, then that bad, then that good again — unless he was injured for part of his time with the Cubs, which is entirely possible.

Here’s hoping Cubs batters hit him hard tonight.

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Today’s game is on Marquee Sports Network. You can find out if Marquee is available via a provider in your area here.

Here is the complete MLB.com live streaming page for today.

MLB.com Gameday

Baseball-reference.com game preview

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The 2025 Game Thread procedure will be identical to last year’s.

You’ll find the game preview posted separately on the front page two hours before game time (90 minutes for some early day games following night games).

At the same time, a StoryStream containing the preview will also post on the front page, titled “Cubs vs. (Team) (Day of week/date) game threads.” It will contain every post related to that particular game, including the First Pitch Thread and the overflow thread, as well as the recap when it’s published. The recap will also live on the front page as a separate post.

You will also be able to find the preview, First Pitch Thread and the overflow thread in the box marked “Chicago Cubs Game Threads” at the bottom of the front page (you can also find them in this section link). The StoryStream for each game can also be found in that section.

The First Pitch thread will post at five minutes before game time, then an overflow thread at 90 minutes after the scheduled game time.

Discuss amongst yourselves.