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Milwaukee Brewers manager Craig Counsell dodged a question late Sunday afternoon about how favorable his team's schedule is down the stretch. But it may not matter who the Brewers face if they play as well in their final 13 games as they did during the 10-game stretch that ended Sunday.

The Brewers will look to continue their late-season surge in both the National League Central and NL wild-card races Monday night, when they begin the final homestand of the season by hosting the San Diego Padres.

Right-hander Zach Davies (9-7, 3.77 ERA) is scheduled to take the mound for the Brewers against Padres right-hander Garrett Richards (season debut), who will be making his first appearance on a big league mound since undergoing Tommy John surgery in July 2018.

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