[BirdWatcher]

In a short 2 game series the Brewers host the Brooklyn Aces with the chance to pass them in the standings and take over 2nd place in the MGL.

And they do just that.

In game 1 the Brewers get an unlikely homer from Chad Brown to tie the game in the bottom of the 9th at 2 apiece and then get a less unlikely 2-run HR off the bat of Bobby Erbakan to win the game in the bottom of the 12th. Brown (.303/.332/.399) went 2 for 5 in the game, scoring 2 runs, and the HR was his 3rd of the season. Erbakan (.272/.342/.392) was 2 for 6 and the HR was his 10th. Jordan Stephens got the win in relief and improves to 3-0 with an ERA of 0.77.

Mike Foster was again the story in the second game of the series. Foster (.304/.327/.440) went 3 for 4, scoring 3 runs and driving in 3 and it was his 2-out, 2-run HR in the bottom of the 8th that made the difference in the 6-4 win for the Brewers. (I was listening to the David Bowie song Heroes when Foster hit the homer. And I thought, yup, this kid is a hero.) Foster also hit his 7th double of the season. Jaden Francis pitched the last 3 innings of the game in relief of Steve Green (who wasn't that sharp) to get the win and he improves to 4-2 with a 3.41 ERA. Andrew Kennedy (.293/.325/.388) went 4 for 4 in the win and hit 3 doubles to get to 30 on the season.

With the short series sweep the Brewers do move into 2nd place in the MGL but remain 8 1/2 games behind the still formidable Charlotte Sting. (Interestingly, the Brewers have the best run differential in the MGL now, just slightly better than Charlotte so with the Sting over-achieving quite a bit and the Brewers under-achieving a bit, this race is not nearly as close as it probably should be.)