The Milwaukee Brewers have set a franchise record with their 14th consecutive win after besting the Cincinnati Reds 6-5 in 11 innings.
Tonight's victory eclipsed the 13-game winning streak the Brew Crew had to begin the 1987 season when they were an AL East team. The current edition of the Brewers tied the mark last night in a comeback 10-8 victory over the Reds overcoming an early 8-1 deficit with Brewers veteran Christian Yelich using a little "Uecker Magic" in homage to the late Bob Uecker who passed away in January after serving as the team's broadcaster for over 50 years.
The Brewers' current win streak follows an 11-game win streak the team had from July 6th thru 21st. Entering play on July 6th, the Brew Crew were 49-40 and 4 games back of the Chicago Cubs in the NL Central. Since that time, they are 29-4 and now have a 9½ game lead in the NL Central over the Cubs. Their 78-44 record is the best in MLB despite being a team full of castoffs given up on by other organizations such as Andrew Vaughn, Isaac Collins, William Contreras, Quinn Priester, Jared Koenig and Blake Perkins. As Paul Newman and Robert Redford asked in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, "Who are these guys?"
The question is how far it will take them in October. Between 2018 and 2024, the Brewers reached the post-season six times failing to make it out of the NL Wild Card round four times and only reaching the NLCS once in 2018 falling to the Los Angeles Dodgers in seven games. Will this be the year they reach their first World Series since winning the AL pennant in 1982? Will it be the year the Brewers win their first World Series in franchise history?
The answer remains to be seen but baseball fans in Milwaukee have a lot to be excited about.
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