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Brewers NL Central Champions

am800-sports-milwaukee-brewers-october-2018-1.8472995 CHICAGO, IL - OCTOBER 01: Christian Yelich #22 of the Milwaukee Brewers hits a run scoring single in the 3rd inning against the Chicago Cubs during the National League Tiebreaker Game at Wrigley Field on October 1, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images) (Jonathan Daniel/Christian Yelich of the Milwaukee Brewers hits a run scoring single in the 3rd inning against the Chicago Cubs during the National League Tiebreaker Game at Wrigley Field on October 1, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images))

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The Brewers will host the wild card winner starting Thursday in the bestoffive Division Series

The Milwaukee Brewers took their first NL Central title since 2011 by downing the Chicago Cubs 3-1 on Monday in a tiebreaker game.

Milwaukee won its eighth in a row and earned home-field advantage throughout the NL playoffs.

The Brewers will host the wild card winner starting Thursday in the best-of-five Division Series.

Chicago stays at Wrigley Field for Tuesday night's MLB wild-card game — the Cubs will play the loser of Monday's second tiebreaker between Colorado and the Los Angeles Dodgers for the NL West title.

— with files from The Canadian Press