The Milwaukee Brewers lost their first game of August yesterday afternoon, dropping their series finale with the Cincinnati Reds in extra innings. However, as their lead in the NL Central shrunk for the first time in more than two weeks, the Brewers still enter their important five-game set at Wrigley Field with an eight-game lead over the Chicago Cubs in the division. That's good enough for the second-largest division lead in all of baseball, trailing only the Detroit Tigers, who lead the uninspiring AL Central by 8.5 games.
However, there's a big difference between the Tigers and Brewers when it comes to their division leads.