Brewers win 20 out of the last 30 games!

Milwaukee has officially "turned it around" with last nights 3-2 win over Baltimore. Seth McClung (5-3) had his third straight solid start, leading his team to their 16th win by one-run this season (league leading). In doing so, Milwaukeee has won 20 of their last 30 games. Not bad for a team that was sitting in last place at the start of May. In this resurgence of play, Milwaukee has had a couple of players step up that would otherwise be forgotten.

(see Russell Branyan, Seth McClung, and Solomon Torres)


McClung pitched a great game last night striking out 6 and giving up only 3 hits. The only red flag was his unusual free passes, which was 6 walks. That being said, he and Jason Kendall worked great together last night resulting in Seth getting out of a couple of jams.

Corey Hart and Gabe Kapler provided the spark in the offense. Gabe continued his second-life in the Majors by having 2 hits, one of them being a crushing double off the left field wall. Corey Hart went yard by belting his 11th HR of the year. Once again, if the voting system for the All Star game had any credibility what-so-ever, Hart would be in and Fukodome would be out. But it's flawed and Hart will be left stranded.


Salomon Torres and Brian Shouse provided insurance on the Seth's win by both having a great set-up/save. Torres probably was most impressive when he struck out two straight batters. He did give up a threatening double only to pop up his last batter to earn his 11th save on the season. In other news Eric Gagne should be back by next weekend...yea. Actually, this could be a good thing for Milwaukee. It should push both he and David Riske to earn that set-up spot. With Mota having some pretty bad outings as of late, the set up role should be open for the two to duke it out. When Gagne comes back, one can only imagine that Stetter would be sent back down to Nashville.


-Turnbow hits an all time low in performance down in Nashville. It appears he can't get a break in his multi-year slump. I don't quite know if having him start is such a wise choice. It is difficult enough for this Fragle Rock look-alike to be a reliever. His ERA is now a horrid 10.95 and 32 walks in 12 innings. Yes you read that right, 12 innings.


-Appleton Post-Gazzette says the time is now for Milwaukee to be in full-gear. With Chicago losing Carlos Zambrano & Soriano to the DL, plus St. Louis not having Albert...Milwaukee has to cash in. This paper doesn't realize that most of Wisconsin already realizes this and have realized it for the last two weeks. Great journalism.

-Little story about Brett Lawrie (pictured above) and how his old man knew he would make it big time. Neat read. Signing him may get more and more difficult as time progresses. Look at his picture, he reminds of some childhood toy or character. I can't put a name on it though. Regardless, Milwaukee will have to compete with ASU in signing him.

-Billy Hall has only 5 hits in 33 AB's in the month of June (as of June 20th). Sad.

-Rickie Weeks was activated off the DL and should be playing in todays game. To make room, Hernan Iribarran wll be sent back down to Nashville. Here is an idea: Give someone else a shot other than Hernan. I just not too impressed with this kid.

-You want to know just how great Matt LaPorta is? Read this. This kid will be the next Ryan Braun. Maybe even better!

-Although Ned Yost's team has been winning lately, he still remains on the hot seat. As does his old teammate, Cecil Cooper of the Houston Astros.

-The Cubs, Cards, and Brewers all won yesterday. Jim Edmunds hit two home runs in the same inning for Chicago. When was the last time that happened?

-WGN HD looks pretty sweet.