Brewers sweep the Padres to enter Cubs series with formidable momentum
This broom is getting some exercise
Another sweep? In this economy? That’s right. The Milwaukee Brewers have done it again. After back to back sweeps of the Texas Rangers and Minnesota Twins, the Brewers made it eight wins in a row with a sweep of the San Diego Padres.
It seemed like a wonderful weekend to be in Milwaukee. On Friday, the team honored CC Sabathia for his legendary 2008 season and secured a 7-3 win thanks to an excellent outing from Brandon Woodruff and five runs in the third inning.
Saturday saw another Brewers legend honored when Ben Sheets became the 22nd member of the Milwaukee Brewers’ Walk of Fame. Between the foul lines the current Brewers kept the winning streak going with a 5-4 win.
Sunday’s finale featured unlikely heroes, as Bryse Wilson and Trevor Megill provided important relief appearances after Adrian Houser went down with an early injury. A seven run 6th inning didn’t hurt either. 10-6 Brewers was the final.
The most important series of the season starts today. The Brewers now head to Chicago to take on the Cubs, who find themselves four games behind Milwaukee in the NL Central standings. Get your popcorn ready.
Master Brewer Leaderboard (through 130 games)
(The Master Brewer Leaderboard is a season-long leaderboard tracking and ranking exceptional performances from Brewers players in the form of Master Brew Points 🍺, which at the end of the season will tally up to crown our Crewsing for a Brewsing Player of the Year.)
Rowdy Tellez🍺🍺
William Contreras🍺🍺
Trevor Megill🍺🍺
Bryse Wilson🍺🍺
Willy Adames🍺
Carlos Santana🍺
Mark Canha🍺
Andruw Monasterio🍺
Brice Turang🍺
Christian Yelich🍺
Brandon Woodruff🍺
Freddy Peralta🍺
Devin Williams🍺
Elvis Peguero🍺
Hoby Milner🍺
Leaderboard through 130 games
Devin Williams: 🍺x30
William Contreras: 🍺x26
Christian Yelich: 🍺x25
Joel Payamps: 🍺x24
Corbin Burnes: 🍺x21
Willy Adames, Hoby Milner: 🍺x19
Brice Turang: 🍺x17
Elvis Peguero: 🍺x16
Joey Wiemer, Bryse Wilson: 🍺x15
Brian Anderson, Freddy Peralta: 🍺x14
Owen Miller, Rowdy Tellez: 🍺x12
Peter Strzelecki, Victor Caratini, Andruw Monasterio: 🍺x11
Wade Miley, Sal Frelick: 🍺x9
Julio Teheran, Colin Rea, Adrian Houser, Tyrone Taylor, Abner Uribe: 🍺x8
Trevor Megill: 🍺x7
Garrett Mitchell, Blake Perkins, Carlos Santana, Brandon Woodruff: 🍺x5
Jesse Winker: 🍺x4
Jake Cousins, Eric Lauer, Mark Canha: 🍺x3
Gus Varland, Javy Guerra, Raimel Tapia, Abraham Toro: 🍺x2
Mike Brosseau, Luke Voit, Matt Bush, Tyson Miller, Darin Ruf, J.B. Bukauskas, Jahmai Jones, J.C. Meija: 🍺