A good place to start for the Cubs would be not allowing 6 runs in the first inning like Saturday. Recent efforts on the mound from Shota Imanaga, however, suggest that if Chicago gets back into this series tonight, it's not likely to be in a pitching duel, as Imanaga's recent numbers aren't especially encouraging, including his 6.51 ERA in September. He also lasted just four innings vs. the Padres in the wild card round round last Wednesday in Chicago's only loss of the series. The Cubs are hoping that they can do some business at the plate on Monday in what looms a bullpen game for the Brewers with Aaron Ashby getting the ball first from Pat Murphy. Play Cubs-Brewers Over.

Aaron Ashby faced the Cubs in the first game of the series and was strong in 1.1 IP of work. We are assuming that Ashby's outing tonight will be a similar length, and we have him with just over 1 hit allowed. The top of the Cubs' lineup is loaded with left-handed bats (PCA, Busch, Tucker), so going with a LHP opener makes a ton of sense here. Ashby has allowed 1 or fewer hits in 30 of his 44 appearances this season.