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Article: BREWERS 6, ASTROS 2 Pitching puts team on a tear Burns turns in his best performance
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
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- August 16, 2009
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By TOM HAUDRICOURT
Three victories in a row.
Not exactly setting the world on fire, but after nearly two
months, the Milwaukee Brewers finally could say they had a winning
streak.
"It's been awhile, no doubt about that," said infielder Craig
Counsell, whose memory couldn't reach far enough back to recall the
Brewers' last three-game streak from June 15-17 in Cleveland.
"We can call it a winning streak, finally. We haven't had one in
awhile. You can call three games a winning streak."
Getting a strong pitching performance for the second consecutive
night, the Brewers stretched their modest streak by handling the
Houston Astros, 6-2, Saturday night before a sellout crowd of 42,952
at Miller ...