When you play five games and outscore the opposition 28-19 you hope that the distribution of runs gets you more wins than losses. That didn’t happen this week for the Milwaukee Brewers, as they lost the first three of the week by a combined 12-4 score, then traveled to Philadelphia and received some unexpected hospitality in the City of Brotherly Love and outscored the Phillies 24-7 over two games. Two small sample sizes for us; we’ll take the second, thank you very much.
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TOP PITCHING STORY: The starters and relievers didn’t have as much of a dichotomy in favor of the bullpen as usual.