How the Brewers are winning on their hot streak

Basically every Major League Baseball "expert" on the major sports sites (ex. Espn, Fox, Cbs, etc) wrote off the Brewers this year. Most of these "experts" predicted that the Brewers would finish around .500 and get 4th in the National League Central behind the Cardinals, Pirates, and Reds. Yet as of right now the Brewers are 10-2 and have the best record in all of baseball. Yes you read that right BEST RECORD IN BASEBALL , and their record is at least 2 games better than every other team. So it asks the question, "How did they get so overlooked?". Well, last year their 3 and 4 hitters in the lineup were either injured or suspended for most of the year. The pitching had an off year and May was a disaster zone month for them. This year with a few accusations during the off season such as Matt Garza and Francisco Rodriguez to sure up the starting and relief pitching, their pitching has the best Earned Run average in MLB at 1.80 and their bullpen has only given up like 4 runs this entire year. Also during this run by the Brewers the offense is scored around 6 runs per game and they have an average around .300 as a team. Also they have been producing with runners in scoring position at a good rate and one of the players their 4th hitter in the lineup, Aramis Ramirez who was injured most of last year is batting around .750 in those situations and has driven in the 5th most runs in all of the NL. Also they have been capitalizing on the opponents miscues especially in their series with the Pirates which they swept. With that sweep of the Pirates, the Brewers have now won 9 games in a row and are going for 10 when they play the Cardinals tonight.  Whether the Brewers can continue this run and get into the playoffs, they will need to sustain their pitching throughout the entire year and prove that this little run is not a fluke. We will see how they do that. 

Until later,

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