Random Brewers Notes

-JSOnline's Anthony Witrado does a good job of summarizing the Brewers' recent success.

-This Yahoo Sports report includes comments by Ned Yost and Doug Melvin on the Bill Hall situation.

-Milwaukee finally picked up a game on Chicago, and the Brewers are now 6 games behind the cubs. Greg Maddux pitched 7 innings of 3-hit ball to snap Chicago's win streak at 9.

-Is it too early to start thinking about the Wild Card? Jim Powell brought it up during yesterday's game broadcast. Right now, among non-division leaders, only St. Louis (35-25) and Florida (32-26) have better records than Milwaukee.

-Chicago's Alfonso Soriano and Kosuke Fukudome are currently 1st and 2nd in the All-Star balloting, while Ryan Braun is 10th for NL outfielders. Cincinnati's Ken Griffey Jr. is 3rd. Check out their numbers:

Soriano: .284 Avg, 14 HR, 39 RBI, 31 Runs, 6 SB

Fukudome: .301 Avg, 3 HR, 22 RBI, 38 Runs, 5 SB

Griffey Jr.: .255 Avg, 6 HR, 27 RBI, 27 Runs, 0 SB

Braun: .299 Avg, 16 HR, 46 RBI, 33 Runs, 2 SB

Let's get the vote out Brewers fans!

-Milwaukee's 6-game winning streak has benefited from a lot of offensive production, but check out the lines for the starting pitchers for the past 6 games:

May 30 - Manny Parra: 6 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 4 BB, 6 K

May 31 - Ben Sheets: 8.2 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K

June 1 - Dave Bush: 7 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K

June 2 - Jeff Suppan: 7 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 6 K

June 3 - Seth McClung: 6 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K

June 4 - Manny Parra: 7 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 8 K

Total: 6 Starts, 41.2 IP, 32 H, 8 ER, 9 BB, 34 K, 1.73 ERA

-A preview of today's MLB draft. Let's hope the Brewers get some strong pitching arms.

-Last year at this time, Milwaukee had a comparable record at 33-27.