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Week-in-Review: July 4th-July 10th, 1966. The Brewers win the first two games in a three game series against Baltimore but then don't win another game during the week, losing game 3 to Baltimore and being swept (pretty easily: 5-0, 5-2, 7-1) at San Francisco.
Who's Hoppy? A.J. White (.340/.462/.445, 3.6 WAR) continues to be on fire at the plate and now leads all of the WPK in OBP. White went 9 for 20 on the week with 4 runs scored (41), 6 RBI (32), 2 HR (5), 3 BB (53), 1 K (18) and 3 stolen bases (14, with 9 CS.)
Who's Hungover? A lot to choose from, as you might imagine. But here are two who were doing well earlier and are now really scuffling. Chad Brown (.249/.279/.334, 0.3 WAR) went 3 for 24 with 3 runs scored (41), hit his 19th double of the season, walked twice (11) and struck out once (18). Erik Shelton (.230/.286/.348, -0.3 WAR) was just 1 for 11 with 2 strikeouts (34.)
What's Brewing Around the League? Pretty much all of the top teams in both leagues have been mediocre to poor lately but that has resulted in very little change in the standings. Although in the Shoeless Joe League, Washington's 9-1 record in the past 10 games has pushed them up to a fourth-place tie with San Antonio. (See full standings below.)
The Streak Souffront Saga: Ruben Souffront has gotten hot again down at AAA and is putting up impressive numbers (.379/.448/.500, 0.5 WAR, 2 doubles, 1 triple, 1 HR, 3 stolen bases (with no CS.) The team will continue to monitor his progress but doesn't want to bring him up prematurely in spite of the struggles of Shelton and Schumann in his absence.
Brewers Power Ranking: #14 (#1 L.A., #2 POR, #3 WAS, #4 S.F., #5 COL).
Brewers Record: 42-44, .488, 7th place MGL, 12 1/2 gb L.A.
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