Freddy Peralta has been as hot as the weather in the Midwest as of late. Peralta continued his Cy Young efforts with another strong outing on Monday. Peralta went six strong innings, allowing just a single hit and no runs. He struck out six batters and walked three in the game.

Freddy Peralta allowed one hit in six innings for his major league-leading 15th win, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Chicago Cubs 7-0 on Monday.

CHICAGO - The red-hot Milwaukee Brewers continue to roll through the league, beating the Chicago Cubs 7-0 in the series opener on Monday. With the Crew

All-Star pitcher Peralta (15-5, 2.78 ERA) shut Chicago out over six innings to help Milwaukee advance to an MLB-best record of 79-45.

The Chicago Cubs and Milwaukee Brewers meet this afternoon in the first game of a doubleheader at Wrigley Field. Freddy Peralta takes the hill for the visitors, and my Brewers vs. Cubs predictions are expecting the righty to bring his swing-and-miss stuff ...

Chicago Cubs rookie Matt Shaw had three highlights in the victory — and the team disclosed Kyle Tucker has been dealing with a hand fracture.

Coming into today, the Brewers had won every game this year that Brandon Woodruff had started. That is no longer the case. Milwaukee only managed one run against Jameson Taillon and the Cubs’ bullpen as they dropped the second game of today’s doubleheader,