Box Score
The Brew Crew train is still running ahead at full speed. They have now won 23 of 27 and saw their lead expand to 10.0 games after the Cardinals were thumped 13-2 at the hands of St. Louis. They have the largest lead in the majors by 3.5 games, a number that is commanding enough by itself.
The flip side to the Brewers surge is the sluggish play of the Cardinals. After losing 2 of 3 to both the Pirates and the Cubs, the Cards have dropped the first two against the Dodgers. I'm not sure how a team with Pujols, Berkman, Molina, Holliday, and Carpenter can look so feeble. While I'm not complaining, I also know that they're more than capable of tearing off 9 of 10 at any time...though that is looking progressively less likely.
One last point, this is not the first time the Brewers have gotten hotter than anybody in baseball. They had a 25-10 stretch from May 5th to June 12th, followed by a period where they feel back to Earth courtesy the Red Sox, Rays, and Yankees. To put it another way, with the AL East out of the way I'm struggling to see a reason the Brewers would falter down the stretch in horrific fashion.
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