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“It’s good to be a Brewer right now,” proclaimed reliever Seth McClung.Box score
Indeed it is.
Just six days after falling 2 ½ games behind New York in the National League wild-card race, the suddenly surging Brewers pulled one game ahead Friday night by pulling away to a 5-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs at Miller Park.
The Brewers’ fifth consecutive victory, combined with the reeling Mets’ 6-1 loss to Florida, reduced Milwaukee’s magic number to two for clinching their first playoff berth since 1982. A Brewers victory and Mets loss today would settle matters without it going to the final day of the season.
Tenuous Timber Rattler tie-in: Rickie Weeks hit a three-run homer last night for the Brewers. Weeks had three RBI in five games against the Timber Rattlers in 2003. His only Midwest League home run was at Cedar Rapids on August 23.
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