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The Brewers return home having won 9 games on the road. After playing 4 games against the 6th place Detroit Falcons, the winning streak is now at 13 games.

Harry Lyerly got plenty of run support in the first game of the series and didn't need most of it as he gave up just 2 runs in the complete game victory, allowing 9 hits while striking out 6 and walking 1. Jamison Bash (.310/.388/.610) was 3 for 4 with 3 RBI against his former teammates. Bobby Erbakan (.255/.304/.430) hit HR #7 for the season and scored 3 runs in the 9-2 victory. Harry Lyerly improves to 7-4 with a 3.12 ERA.

Rookie Steve Green one-upped Lyerly in the second game- getting a complete game victory while allowing just 1 run on 4 hits while striking out 8 and walking 1. Green improves to 7-2 with a 2.83 ERA. Antonio Puente (.255/.353/.520) went 2 for 4 in the game with 3 runs scored and 3 RBI while hitting his 13th HR. Kevin Curtis (.201/.317/.325) hit his 3rd HR.

In the Sunday doubleheader, the Brewers kept their streak alive with a narrow 2-1 win. Daniel Torres hurled another gem, working 7 innings while giving up 1 run on 3 hits with 8 K's and 5 BB's. Torres didn't factor in the decision though as it required a bottom of the 9th inning Bobby Erbakan (.270/.319/.466) walk-off solo HR to decide the game. Miguel Solis got the win by pitching 2 scoreless innings- he is now 3-1 with a 1.34 ERA.

The night cap was another easier victory for the Brewers as they prevailed 5-1. The team Captain, Abel Pennington, had his finest start of the season thus far, working 7 innings while allowing 1 run on 3 hits with 5 strikeouts and not a single walk. Pat Rondeau (.243/.256/.357) hit a 3rd inning lead-off triple but was stranded at third. So his next at-bat he must have figured that he couldn't leave anything to chance and instead of banging a line drive off the left-center fence as he had in the 3rd, he was able to elevate the ball a bit more and drive it over the leftfield fence for his 2nd homer of the season. That made the game 2-0 in favor of the home team. The Falcons scored a single run in the top of the 6th to make the game incredibly tight, but Denver plated 3 in the bottom of the 8th on Antonio Puente's (.257/.358/.529) 14th HR of the season. Pennington improves to 2-2 with a 3.64 ERA.

With their 13 consecutive victories the Brewers now trail the 1st place Phoenix Speed Devils by 2 1/2 games. They now not only lead the league in fewest runs allowed but they are also first in team ERA (2.54), starters ERA (2.86) and bullpen ERA (1.40), as well as strikeouts. And while that is not unusual for this club, their status as the top run scoring team in the league is. In addition to being the top run scoring team in the MGL, they are 1st in slugging percentage, extra base hits, and OPS, as well as the best offensive at avoiding being struck out by the opposition. They are 3rd in batting average, OBP, hits, and perhaps most surprisingly, HR's.