MILWAUKEE -- The Chicago Cubs have been steamrolling their way to the National League Central crown and Kyle Hendricks has been leading the charge.Hendricks hasnt allowed more than three earned runs in any of his last 18 starts, posting a 1.60 ERA during that stretch with 102 strikeouts in 118 innings of work, lowering his ERA to a National League best 2.09 in the process.It has to be Cy Young contention, Cubs manager Joe Maddon said after Hendricks last start, when he tossed seven shutout innings and led Chicago to a 3-0 victory over Pittsburgh. Put the radar gun in your back pocket and look at what hes doing. That has to be strong consideration.Even Hendricks teammates have been impressed by his recent run.Everyone is throwing 90 mph plus, but hes just doing his thing, first baseman Anthony Rizzo said.Hes faced Milwaukee twice this season, going 0-1 with a 4.35 ERA. In eight career starts against the Brewers, Hendricks is 4-2 with q 2.08 ERA including a 2-1 mark and 1.90 ERA in four starts at Miller Park.The Cubs could use another long outing from Hendricks after playing 13 innings Sunday in a 13-inning victory over the Giants at Wrigley Field.Chicagos league-leading rotation has been given a bit of a break over the final month, as manager Joe Maddon has turned to a six-man rotation.Right now, throughout the industry youre hearing about fatigue and people being skipped and all that stuff, Maddon said. Right now our starters are pitching as well as they have all year. I would like to think if we continue along this path well keep that freshness about them.Milwaukee will turn to right-hander Zach Davies, whos emerged as a staff ace this season. The rookie comes into the game 10-6 with a 4.07 ERA -- a number that was inflated by a brief slump earlier this month.Still, Davies has gone 5-2 with a 3.88 over his last 10 starts.Home runs from Jedd Gyorko and Kolten Wong hurt Davies his last time out, when he held the Cardinals to three runs and struck out nine over 6 1/3 innings in a loss to the Cardinals.I thought Zach pitched well, Milwaukee Brewers manager Craig Counsell said. The home run to Wong was probably the pitch that he would like to have back. The pitch to Gyorko was a good pitch. The first run they got, maybe we could avoid that by executing the run down better. But Zach pitched well, he pitched really well.The Cubs, winners of 15 of their last 20, have won five straight against the Brewers including a four-game sweep last month at Wrigley Field. Chicago leads the overall series, 9-3, this year and are 34-16 against their NL Central rivals since the start of the 2014 season.Milwaukee is coming off a three-game sweep of the Pirates but had lost 12 of 17 prior to its successful trip to Pittsburgh. Kole Calhoun Angels Jersey .C. -- Charlotte Bobcats coach Steve Clifford said after all of these years in the NBA hes still amazed at some of the things LeBron James does. Jose Suarez Angels Jersey . -- The proud fathers huddled near the Dallas Stars dressing room, smiling, laughing and telling stories while wearing replica green sweaters of their sons team. https://www.cheapangels.com/2493j-brian-goodwin-jersey-angels.html . -- Matt Ryan needed one of the best games of his career to lead the Falcons and their depleted offence out of their three-game losing streak last week. Luke Bard Angels Jersey . "Four now," Carl Gunnarsson told the Leaf Report proudly following a 5-2 victory over New York on Tuesday night, the clubs fifth straight at home. Fake Angels Jerseys .C. -- Rodney Hood connected from all over the court while freshman Jabari Parker was busy swatting shots and scoring in transition. Manly utility Dylan Walkers NRL season is likely over due to a shoulder injury and his teammates Tom Trbojevic and Jorge Taufua could join him, Sea Eagles coach Trent Barrett says.Walker suffered a dislocated shoulder in the first half of Manlys round 23 loss to Canterbury on Thursday night that ended the Sea Eagles season.It has rounded out a dismal 10 months for the South Sydney premiership winner, who suffered a prescription drug overdose in September.Walker drew plenty of criticism over his lacklustre performances from NSWs bench in State of Origin I and II and an off-field incident last month, in which he suffered a hand injury and was out for three weeks, only made things wworse.ddddddddddddThat is probably it for him, Barrett said of Walker.It has been tough for him, but it is all a learning curve and he will come back stronger from it.Trbojevic has been carrying an ankle injury that requires surgery, which he may undergo now that Manlys season is over.We will assess that now we cant make the finals, Barrett saidThere is no point risking blokes now. But we wont be throwing it away, we still have three games to go.Taufua is suffering complications from shoulder surgery that also requires him to go under the knife again. ' ' '
