Brewers win again (and again, and again)<\/p>\n
The Brewers<\/a> are at it again. Following a sweep of the Mets<\/a> over the weekend, Milwaukee now has three separate winning streaks in 2025 of at least eight games. The first is what kicked off their rapid recovery in the standings and began their ascent to where they are now, from May 25 through June 2, totaling eight wins. The second stretched from July 6, went into the All-Star break, and continued out the other side through July 21, giving the Brewers 11 wins in a row. And after sweeping New York this weekend, they\u2019re now at nine-straight, and have a record of 73-44, with the most wins and best run differential (+132) in the majors.<\/p>\n They also defeated the Mets on Sunday with a dramatic comeback. New York scored in each of the first five innings of the game \u2014 a pair of runs in the first, then one more in each frame afterward. They were up 3-0 before Milwaukee started to respond: after the conclusion of the fifth, the Mets were up 6-5. The Brewers would tie it up in the eighth, with their bullpen holding New York scoreless from the time they entered the game in the fifth in relief of starter Quinn Priester<\/a>, and then, in the ninth. Well, take a look:<\/p>\n Isaac Collins<\/a>, who was already 2-for-4 on the day with a run scored and a double, wasted no time in sending the fans home happy. The leadoff batter in the inning took a 2-2 slider deep to right field, and just like that, the Brewers had won, and notched their ninth-straight dub. They now have a commanding six-game lead on the Cubs<\/a> in the NL Central. While there\u2019s still plenty of season left for Chicago to narrow that gap once more, we\u2019re talking about a team that\u2019s been mediocre for months \u2013 the Cubs are 31-28 since June 1 \u2014 against the one that\u2019s on a\u00a0121-win pace since May 25.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Mets, meanwhile, slipped to 5.5 games behind the Phillies<\/a>, as Philadelphia swept the Rangers<\/a> in Texas. New York is now just 1-8 in the month of August, which, you know. Not where you want to be.<\/p>\n Raleigh\u2019s big weekend<\/p>\n Cal Raleigh<\/a> has hit more homers than anyone in 2025, but he isn\u2019t always consistent about when they\u2019re hit. It\u2019s been in bunches most of the time \u2014 he clearly gets in a zone, and woe be to any pitcher who throws him a strike in those stretches. Like over the weekend, when Raleigh hit a home run in every single game of the Mariners<\/a>\u2019 series against the Rays<\/a>.<\/p>\n Raleigh\u2019s MLB-leading 43rd homer came off of Tampa Bay reliever Griffin Jax<\/a>, who was acquired from the Twins<\/a> before the trade deadline. He left an 87-mph offering at the bottom of the zone, and Raleigh golfed it out from the left side of the plate with that dangerous looping swing of his to put Seattle up 3-2 in the bottom of the eighth.<\/p>\n On Saturday, with the Mariners already up 2-1 in the bottom of the third, Big Dumper would do it again, this time off of Joe Boyle<\/a>, once again from the left side of the plate. Boyle might have thrown it 100 mph, but he did so with a flat offering left in the outside-middle of the plate, and Raleigh had no problem sending it the other way with authority for his second 3-run homer of the weekend.<\/p>\n Raleigh\u2019s last blast of the weekend came on Sunday in the first inning, with one runner on. Again, he was batting left-handed, and again, a fastball was left a little too flat in the zone. This time it was middle-in, but there wasn\u2019t enough movement on it to fool Raleigh, and at 96 he was able to whip his bat around it and pull it into the stands.<\/p>\n Three different locations, three different swings \u2014 and the same result on all three. His power just comes so easy when he\u2019s on, and he has been on more often than not in 2025. Raleigh has a huge lead in the AL home run race now, 45 to Aaron Judge\u2019s 37, and is four up on the best of the NL, as well.<\/p>\n Mariners win 7th straight<\/p>\n As for the Mariners, thanks in no small part to Raleigh\u2019s display of well-paced power, they were able to sweep the Rays. Raleigh\u2019s homer on Friday provided Seattle\u2019s only offense, but it was enough to win, 3-2. On Saturday, they won by three runs, 7-4, with his second three-run shot of the weekend nicely slotting in there, arithmetic-wise. And on Sunday, Raleigh struck first with a two-run shot, in a game Seattle would eventually win 6-3.\u00a0<\/p>\n They\u2019ve strung together seven Ws in a row now, putting them just half-a-game behind the Astros<\/a> for the AL West lead. Seattle is also 3.5 up in the AL wild card race, leading the Red Sox<\/a> by a game for the top spot, while sitting four up on the Guardians<\/a> and six up on the Rangers among the closest teams still chasing one of the three wild cards.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Mariners are 22-13 since the start of July, with this win streak being a major part of that, and they take on the Orioles<\/a> and the struggling Mets in their two series this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n Ohtani goes yard twice<\/p>\n Big Dumper wasn\u2019t the only one racking up homers over the weekend. Shohei Ohtani<\/a> hit No. 40 of the year on Saturday against the Blue Jays<\/a> in a 9-1 Dodgers<\/a>\u2019 victory.\u00a0<\/p>\n This marked the fourth season of at least 40 dingers for Ohtani, and which he\u2019s managed in four of five years since he truly became a full-time player in the majors. Ohtani wasn\u2019t done, either, as he picked up his 41st of the year on Sunday, albeit in a 5-4 defeat.\u00a0<\/p>\n Ohtani is leading the NL in homers \u2014 he\u2019s tied with Kyle Schwarber<\/a>, who went deep on Friday \u2014 and in OPS+ at 177. He\u2019s batting .288\/.388\/.620, with that slugging and his 1.008 OPS also leading the Senior Circuit, and he\u2019s tops in the majors in total bases with 282. That third-straight MVP is looking pretty likely, especially if he keeps up his recent performance on the mound \u2014 on top of all the offensive accolades, Ohtani has a 2.37 ERA in his eight starts.<\/p>\n Speaking of Dodgers\u2019 pitching<\/p>\n On Saturday, Blake Snell<\/a> made his second start since returning from the IL, and looked a lot like the pitcher that the Dodgers signed this offseason \u2014 meaning, the one that has already picked up two Cy Young wins in his career. That Los Angeles beat down Toronto 9-1 might make you notice the offense first, but Snell\u2019s performance played into the lopsided win just as much. While he threw just five innings \u2014 this is Blake Snell we\u2019re talking about \u2014 he also struck out 10 batters against three walks, and scattered three hits, allowing no runs in the process.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Tyler Glasnow<\/a> has a 2.37 ERA since he returned from the IL in July. Ohtani is getting stretched out more and more in the rotation, and has been excellent since his return to the mound. Now the Dodgers have Snell looking a lot like the pitcher they signed to a five-year, $182 million contract in the offseason: their postseason rotation seems to be rounding into form just in time after a summer full of injuries and struggles.<\/p>\n How?!<\/p>\n No, really. How did Adolis Garc\u00eda<\/a> manage to make this catch happen? Usually on this kind of whoopsie where the ball pops out of the glove, it goes up, giving a player at least a little bit of time to react to it and snag it again. Here, though, it pops up and out\u2026 but\u00a0at Garc\u00eda, bouncing off of him in the process. And yet!<\/p>\n What a stunning grab. It didn\u2019t help the Rangers in the end \u2014 again, they were swept by Philly \u2014 but it sure is impressive to watch and watch again.<\/p>\n Pawol makes history, twice<\/p>\n On Saturday, in a game between the Marlins<\/a> and Braves<\/a> in Atlanta, Jen Pawol became the first woman umpire in a regular season MLB game.\u00a0<\/p>\n On Sunday, she called balls and strikes behind home plate \u2014 do the math there, and she\u2019s obviously the first-ever woman ump to handle those duties in an MLB game, as well. Players and coaches from both teams had nothing but positive things to say about Pawol\u2019s presence in these momentous moments, as well as her performance. And Braves\u2019 pitching coach Rick Kranitz even intentionally\u00a0kept a conversation going<\/a> on the mound long enough for Pawol to have to come out to speak with the assembled Braves, giving the crowd a chance to give her an ovation.<\/p>\n Hey, it\u2019s not often fans have a reason to cheer an umpire, but Pawol certainly merited their acknowledgment in those moments.<\/p>\n
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