[BirdWatcher]

With a 3-game sweep of San Francisco in Denver, the Brewers have now won 10 straight games and have moved ahead of the Velocity into 2nd place, 5 1/2 games behind Phoenix.
Given how frustrating this season has been, it is hard to believe just how well the Brewers are playing right now. I can't be sure at this moment, but to the best of my recollection, this is the longest winning streak in team history.

In game 1 against the Velocity, Daniel Torres was sharp over 7 innings of work, giving up just 1 run on 5 hits, striking out 5 and walking 4. The game was very close until late, when the Brewers put 6 runs on the board in the bottom of the 7th, hitting 3 doubles in that one inning (Ryan Rodgers- #16, Tanner Yurek- #16, and Andrew Kennedy- #8 on the season.) The Brewers would win 6-2, with Torres improving to 6-2 (2.59).

Cheol-han Lee was inspired by Torres start and a desire to improve upon it and pitched a complete game, allowing just 1 run on 5 hits while striking out 6 and walking 2 in the second game of the series. The Brewers didn't give him quite as much run support, but they gave him enough as the home team won 4-1. Jared Stephenson hit HR #10 and Ruben Souffront his his 2nd of the season in the victory. Lee improves to 7-3 with a 2.95 ERA.

Of course, in game 3 Harry Lyerly knew he better really bring it if he was going to follow in the footsteps of his veteran counterparts. No problem. The kid just tossed a 3-hit complete game shutout, striking out 9 while walking 3. Lyerly is now 10-5 with a 2.69 ERA. The Brewers gave him far more run support than he needed and the team cruises to an 8-0 win in the final game of the series. Ryan Rodgers (.370/.481/.466) continues to rake and went 3 for 5 in the game and hit his 17th double of the 1970 season. Rodgers easily leads not only the MGL but all of the WPK in batting average and on-base percentage.