A night after Jose Quintana shut Milwaukee down, Kyle Hendricks and the Chicago Cubs will face the Brewers on Wednesday in a crucial series finale.

WASHINGTON -- Daniel Murphy returns to Nationals Park on Thursday after helping the Chicago Cubs gain some breathing room over the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday.

Kyle Hendricks will try to carry success into September and help the Chicago Cubs grow their lead in the National League Central on Saturday night.

CHICAGO -- Joe Maddon has never sweated the details and remains as even-keeled as they come.

The Ambassador Bridge connects Detroit to Canada. This week, Detroit becomes to bridge that the Chicago Cubs must pass through between important division games.

If there was any chance that Milwaukee was going to concede the National League Central title to the Chicago Cubs, the Brewers made it crystal clear.

CHICAGO -- For a couple of teams that started the season with aspirations of winning their respective division and more, the Chicago Cubs and Washington Nationals scuffled through the season, fighting inconsistency at every turn.

The Chicago Cubs and manager Joe Maddon continue to preach the importance of starting pitching as they head into a series against the Kansas City Royals.

Considering all the Cubs are playing for as they enter the final two months of the regular season, manager Joe Maddon won't allow his team to look past anyone.

The guy the St. Louis Cardinals acquired in the offseason to give their offense a power surge may finally be about to provide it.

For the Chicago Cubs, one of the benefits of leading the National League and being way over .500 is a lack of tension over Tuesday's non-waiver trade deadline.

Kyle Hendricks has had issues all season with surrendering runs early.

CHICAGO -- Clay Buchholz has done plenty during the course of his major league career, but he will cross off a personal first when he takes the mound Tuesday against the Chicago Cubs.

CHICAGO -- The Chicago Cubs used a strong push to enter the All-Star break leading the National League Central Division.

Two teams exhausted after generally successful series don't get a break when the Chicago Cubs and San Francisco Giants open a three-game set on Monday night.