Welcome to our beat Al Harris look ahead and Cubs baseball with Todd Hollandsworth I'm David Kaplan. Okay series ends with the Braves a day off and it's off to Milwaukee and Saint Louis for a five game trip -- challenged -- the brewer. Conglomerate proposed for the Cubs because they got good pitching -- got Brian Brohm they don't have prince Miller and played greatest. Now they haven't played great you look at their starting pitching that was supposed to be the backbone of the Brewers -- you you move past Prince Fielder Eric. And talking a lot of guys that -- they felt like they're starting pitching was what was going to -- Brian -- that I was gonna be good yet -- lose Prince Fielder. But he thought that good starting pitching was gonna carry a long way in the early going it has -- that a lot of hiccups in the starting. Rotation a lot of problems offensively Brian bronze -- and stood out he's not he's off to a good start I believe that the ten home runs now in. In doing his thing hitting 300 but the rest Atlanta Rickie Weeks Corey Hart around mr. -- all struggling innings struggling consistently that's not something wanna see is consistent struggles. But there have been a lot consistent struggles with his team struggling to score runs and the played real good baseball right now. They still believe they've had some injuries as well they lost gamble -- guy who's gonna replace fielder to an injury and Alex Gonzales to the exact same knee injury on the exact same knee. So they have -- had the injury bug bite them. But they're trying to find their way right now good opportunity for the Cubs are play pretty good baseball to go up there maybe get to a -- By then you move on from Milwaukee you go to Saint Louis hard to believe the -- series are ready between these two archrivals. The Cardinals. Despite losing Albert Pujols and Tony La Russa and Crist governor then they just keep -- -- They just keep moving on that's actually good will do way to put it this is a team that has a different star every night offensively a lot of fun to watch as a team that. It's getting contributions top to bottom line -- and if you're keeping score at home that's right Carlos Beltran ten home runs Albert Pujols one B in this schools not right now you know. Great starting pitching talk about Chris Carpenter going down. When excellence that's -- the rotation he's undefeated right now Kyle Lohse is off to a great start Jake Westbrook I mean they are probably playing the most consistent. That's baseball in the National League. A lot of fun to watch them play well right now would get it getting the challenge for the Cubs -- political Clijsters art for Todd Hollandsworth I'm David Kaplan that is our being well look at -- -- --