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#451571454 / gettyimages.com Some things to read while waiting it out. The Milwaukee Brewers fell behind early and never came back on Tuesday, as the Toronto Blue Jays celebrated Canada Day with a 4-1 victory at the Rogers Centre. Noah Jarosh of Brew Crew Ball has the recap, if you missed it. Adding injury to insult, Khris Davis left Tuesday’s game in the seventh inning with what the team is calling a left shoulder strain, although Davis was complaining of pain in his pectoral muscle. He suffered the injury diving into second base while escaping a rundown. He’s day-to-day at…

#50896407 / gettyimages.com Some things to read while upgrading your phone. The Milwaukee Brewers were off on Monday but resume play in Toronto this afternoon, where they’ll take on the Blue Jays at 12:07 p.m. in a Canada Day matinee. @joe_block has a picture of preparations for the holiday festivities, which are surely near and dear to the heart of a proud Canadian, Brewers GM Doug Melvin. Marco Estrada will face Drew Hutchison once the game actually starts, and David Adler has the MLB.com preview. This week’s series is a bit of a homecoming for first base coach Garth Iorg,…

#451456992 / gettyimages.com Some things to read while scouring the bargain bin. The Milwaukee Brewers played their 20th game in as many days on Sunday, and looked like a team that may have run out of gas. They lost 10-4 to the Colorado Rockies, and Adam McCalvy has the MLB.com recap if you missed it. With the loss, the Brewers were forced to settle for a 6-1 finish in their seven scheduled games with the Rockies this season. The Brewers had to get through Sunday’s game without Carlos Gomez, who left the game with a neck strain after colliding with…

Some things to read while making breakfast again. The Milwaukee Brewers got big nights from a pair of second basemen on Thursday, as Rickie Weeks and Scooter Gennett combined for four hits and a pair of home runs in a 7-4 win over the Rockies. Derek Harvey of Brew Crew Ball has the recap, if you missed it. The Brewers are 49-32 at the mathematical halfway point of the 2014 season, which is two games better than they’ve ever been at this point. The big nights from Weeks and Gennett casts a bigger spotlight onto a platoon situation that has…

#451225074 / gettyimages.com Some things to read while getting the Mikes together. Baseball is a funny game sometimes. Entering play Wednesday, the Milwaukee Brewers were on a two-game losing streak and sending their least-effective starting pitcher to the mound to face one of the game’s premier pitchers. Making matters worse, they held Aramis Ramirez, Jonathan Lucroy and Ryan Braun out of the lineup, and put Lyle Overbay and his .347 slugging percentage in the cleanup spot. Yet somehow, they made it work anyway, beating the Washington Nationals 9-2. Noah Jarosh of Brew Crew Ball has the recap, if you missed…

#451181858 / gettyimages.com Some things to read while waiting for it to come back. It took 16 innings and well over five hours, but the Milwaukee Brewers picked up their second consecutive loss on Tuesday night. Ryan Zimmerman’s two-run home run in his seventh at bat was the difference as the Washington Nationals emerged victorious, 4-2, Derek Harvey of Brew Crew Ball has the recap, if you fell asleep. If you stayed up late to catch the final innings and went to bed disappointed, you weren’t the only one. Here’s Carlos Gomez on the loss: Gomez on losing a long extra-inning…

#451122690 / gettyimages.com Some things to read while getting slapped. The Milwaukee Brewers and Washington Nationals played for three hours and 11 minutes at Miller Park Monday night, but all of the offense came in one fleeting moment: Adam LaRoche’s third-inning three-run homer provided the only scoring in Washington’s 3-0 win. Jordan Mader of Brew Crew Ball has the recap, if you missed it. Matt Garza allowed that home run but little else, giving up five hits and two walks over seven innings. @AndrewGruman notes that he’s tied a career best by throwing six consecutive quality starts. The Brewers only…

#451076880 / gettyimages.com Some things to read while waiting for pizza. If you missed this weekend’s baseball, you missed a lot: The Milwaukee Brewers completed a three-game sweep of the Colorado Rockies with a 6-5 win on Sunday, and Noah Jarosh of Brew Crew Ball has the recap. The Brewers are now 17 games over .500 for the first time and hold the National League’s best record at 47-30. The win wrapped up a 6-1 road trip for the Brewers, and their bandwagon picked up a few new fans while they were out west. Tracy Ringolsby of MLB.com says it’s…

#450889602 / gettyimages.com Some things to read while staring into space. The Milwaukee Brewers picked up their third win in four tries in Phoenix on Thursday, beating the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-1 behind a strong start from Yovani Gallardo. Derek Harvey of Brew Crew Ball has the recap, if you missed it. With Thursday’s win, the Brewers won the season series with the Diamondbacks 4 games to 3. Barring an unlikely playoff run for Arizona, the two teams will not meet again until 2015.  Thursday’s win is even more impressive when you consider the fact that Ryan Braun and Jonathan Lucroy both…

#450844894 / gettyimages.com Some things to read while wrapping things in bacon. The Milwaukee Brewers allowed three runs in the first inning Wednesday night and fought back to take a tie game into the bottom of the ninth, but fell just short in a 4-3, walkoff loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Noah Jarosh of Brew Crew Ball has the recap, if you missed it. Starting pitcher Matt Garza didn’t get much help from his defense while allowing those three runs in the first inning, but settled down after that and pitched 7 2/3, allowing the aforementioned three runs on seven…