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Article: ASTROS 3, BREWERS 1 <> The clock strikes midnight <> Shot to pull even with Cubs squandered as winning streak ends
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- July 26, 2008
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They are still human.
When the Milwaukee Brewers won seven in a row on the road, three
of them in their last at-bat, they were bordering on the ridiculous
and looked like a group of perfect baseball droids.
Even when they did do something wrong -- making an error or
posting hideous numbers with men in scoring position -- they found a
way to make people forget by getting some kind of outstanding
pitching performance or super-clutch hit.
And with a team that came into its series opener against the
Houston Astros on Friday night 14 games above .500 at Miller Park,
it figured the positive vibes would continue.
Not so much.
The Brewers dropped the first game of an important seven-game
home stand, ...