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The Brewers, having seen their 15-game winning streak come to an end, hope to start another good run against the 3rd place San Francisco Velocity.
And sure enough, June continues to be a good month for the Brewers as they sweep the Velocity at Brewers Field.

Game 1 was not easy as the Brewers saw the Velocity come back from being down 4-0 early to take a 5-4 lead with a 5-run 5th inning against Denver starter Daniel Torres. Torres ended up working 6 innings, giving up those 5 runs on 7 hits and did not figure in the decision. He saw his still excellent ERA rise to 2.22. The Brewers scored twice in the bottom of the 7th when Pat Rondeau reached first on an error, was moved to second when Tanner Yurek walked, stole 3rd and scored when the Velocity catcher threw the ball into leftfield, tying the game. Yurek went to third on a Ryan Rodgers ground-out. Jamison Bash was walked intentionally. Then Antonio Puente hit a sac fly to score Yurek with the go-ahead run. The Brewers bullpen, the best in the business, held the narrow lead. David Brown got the win, improving to 2-1 with a 1.76 ERA. Miguel Solis got his 12th save (1.91 ERA.)

It was another 1-run victory for the Brewers in game 2. Adam Getchell started but only lasted 4 2/3rds, allowing 3 runs on 8 hits. Will Smart worked 2 innings to get the victory and improves to 4-0 (2.33 ERA.) Eric Singer got the save, his 5th, and sports a fine 1.05 ERA.

The final game of the series saw the Brewers return to domination, as they won 8-1 behind Cheol-han Lee. It was another complete game victory for the veteran Lee, who allowed just 5 hits while striking out 6 and walking 1. Lee improves to 7-4 with a 2.54 ERA. Bobby Erbakan (.267/.316/.461) sparked the Brewers from the lead-off slot, going 2 for 4 with 2 runs and 2 RBI and hit his 9th HR of the season. Chad Brown (.314/.345/.390) continues to have a fine season at the plate and was 3 for 4 in the game, hitting his 4th triple. Defensive specialist/utility infielder Oscar Vargas (.217/.285/.313) was 2 for 4 with 2 RBI, hitting his 2nd HR of the year.

With the series sweep the Brewers are now 23-4 for the month of June with 3 games remaining in the month. Unfortunately, the Phoenix Speed Devils continue to play well also and have reached 50 wins for the season (50-21, .704), are 20-8 in June after having gone 20-8 in May, and the Brewers trail them by 2 games in the MGL.