BREWERS MILWAUKEE — This was expected to be the season the Milwaukee Brewers finally took a step back after making five playoff appearances over the last six years in Major League Baseball's smallest market. It hasn't happened. After losing manager Craig Counsell to the rival Chicago Cubs and trading 2021 Cy Young Award winner Corbin Burnes to the Baltimore Orioles, the Brewers have withstood numerous injuries to build the largest division lead of any team.
Milwaukee has won five straight and leads the NL Central by 11 games over the St. Louis Cardinals, who host the Brewers in a three-game series beginning Tuesday. Manager Pat Murphy says the Brewers are still "in the middle of a fight.
" "If you go back to your corner and look over and look at the scorecard, that doesn't help you, you know what I mean?" Murphy said. "Go to the corner and put your head down. You know what's going on.
You know if you're taking on water, pressure or whatever. You know the situation. You don't need to look over your shoulder and wonder, 'How many games?' "You just need to stay the course.
You need to stay in the ring, get some water, wait for the bell, go out there and try to win a decision every round you can." First Pitch TEAMS: Milwaukee Brewers (RHP Montas) at st. Louis Cardinals (RHP Fedde) WHEN: 6:45 p.
m. today WHERE: Busch stadium, st. Louis TELEVISION: BsWis RADIO: WTMJ (620 aM) Murphy has a chance to be named manager of the year, an award no Brewers skipper has won.
Murphy was an inte.