The good times keep on rolling for the Milwaukee Brewers, as they gave the Pittsburgh Pirates one more thumping on Wednesday to complete yet another series sweep. The Brewers extended their win streak to 12 games after thrashing the visiting Bucs in the series finale, 12-5.
Milwaukee jumped to a 5-0 lead, but the Pirates showed signs of life, thanks in large part to Bryan Reynolds, whose home runs in the fifth and sixth innings drove in five runs and trimmed the Brewers’ lead down to one.
Unfortunately for the Pirates, they never scored again after the sixth inning, while the Brewers added two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning and four more in the seventh frame.
The Pirates are just on the level of the Brewers. Milwaukee has the best record overall in the big leagues, while Pittsburgh is wallowing at the bottom of the National League Central standings. The Pirates also trail the Brewers by 26 games in the division.
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Even Reynolds acknowledges the greatness the Brewers are showing this season.
“I think we need to take a page out of the Brewers’ book,” Reynolds said after the series finale (h/t Adam McCalvy of MLB.com). “They just do everything right. They base run, they take the extra base, they put the ball in play, swing at strikes. I think we could benefit a lot from trying to have the same kind of game style.”
The Brewers have simply been on a spectacular run. Over their last 13 games, they hit .315/.385/.545 and scored 106 runs, the most in the big leagues by a mile over that span.
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