Chicago @ Milwaukee preview

Last Meeting ( Apr 19, 2013 ) Chi. Cubs 4, Milwaukee 5

The Milwaukee Brewers have slugged their way to a five-game winning streak, and they'll try to keep it going when they continue a three-game home series against the Chicago Cubs on Saturday. The Brewers have hit 11 home runs during the streak - they had five homers in their first 10 contests - including two in a series-opening 5-4 win Friday night.

The Cubs hit three home runs of their own Friday, matching a season high, but they still lost for the fourth time in five games. Three of those defeats have come in one-run games. Thirteen of Chicago's 15 games have been decided by three runs or fewer. Milwaukee's winning streak is its longest since claiming six straight from Sept. 15-21 last season.

TV: 7:10 p.m. ET, CSN Chicago, Fox Sports Wisconsin (Milwaukee)

PITCHING MATCHUP: Cubs RH Edwin Jackson (0-2, 6.06 ERA) vs. Brewers RH Hiram Burgos (NR)

Jackson has been the weak link in a surprisingly strong rotation thus far. He has failed to record a quality start and left-handed batters are hitting .333 against him. Jackson didn't get a decision in his last outing, in which he allowed five runs (four earned) over 5 1/3 innings against San Francisco. He is 3-3 with a 3.57 ERA in eight starts against the Brewers, including a 2-1 mark at Miller Park.

Burgos, the team's reigning Minor League Pitcher of the Year, is set to make his major-league debut as the Brewers need a fifth starter for the first time since April 6. Burgos was 0-2 with a 2.70 ERA in three starts at Triple-A Nashville this season after quickly moving through the Brewers' system last year, going 10-4 with a 1.95 ERA at three stops.

WALK-OFFS

1. Brewers LF Ryan Braun and Cubs 1B Anthony Rizzo each have homered in consecutive games.

2. Cubs SS Starlin Castro is batting .347 during an 11-game hitting streak.

3. Brewers C Jonathan Lucroy is 5-for-14 with one homer and Braun is 7-for-22 with five doubles against Jackson.

PREDICTION: Cubs 7, Brewers 5