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  Some things to read while organizing your condiments. Mike Fiers carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning Wednesday night but it was not enough, as the St. Louis Cardinals scratched out two runs in the seventh inning and beat the Milwaukee Brewers 2-0, a result that significantly dampened the Brewers’ playoff hopes. Noah Jarosh of Brew Crew Ball has a recap, if you missed it. Fiers lost a pitching duel to Adam Wainwright, and there’s no shame in that. Wainwright pitched a complete-game shutout, working around nine baserunners (two walks and seven hits) and recording seven strikeouts. Adding insult…

  Some things to read while enforcing the rules. The Milwaukee Brewers were off Monday while they made final preparations for a nine-game, 10-day road trip that will likely decide their playoff fate. The trip opens at 7:10 p.m. tonight when Wily Peralta takes on Lance Lynn and the St. Louis Cardinals, and Joe Morgan has the MLB.com preview. Jenifer Langosch of Sports on Earth says Lynn has evolved into the Cardinals’ secret weapon. The Brewers have played a lot of important games and/or series over the course of a six-month season, but this week’s games against the Cardinals and…

Some things to read while checking the laundry. Back on Aug. 17, the Milwaukee Brewers surprised the baseball world by finishing off a three-game road sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers, one of the National League’s best teams. That was almost a month ago, however, and until Sunday, the Brewers hadn’t won a series since. They snapped that streak by beating the Cincinnati Reds 9-2 on Sunday, and Noah Jarosh of Brew Crew Ball has a recap if you missed it. The Brewers broke the game open in the seventh inning on Sunday behind a three-run home run for Matt…

  Some things to read while cutting back (h/t AaronGleeman.com). For the first time in the month of September, the Milwaukee Brewers are winners of back-to-back games. On Thursday night, they beat the Marlins 4-2 behind home runs from Ryan Braun and Matt Clark, and Derek Harvey of Brew Crew Ball has a recap if you missed it. Unfortunately, the final result was not the big story from Thursday’s game. Instead, the game’s most notable event came in the fifth inning when a pitch got away from Mike Fiers and hit Marlins star Giancarlo Stanton in the face. Stanton had…

  Some things to read while enjoying what you have.   The Milwaukee Brewers have just two wins in their last 15 contests, but one of them came on Wednesday. A solid pitching performance from Wily Peralta and first baseman Matt Clark’s first major league home run helped lead the Crew to a 4-1 win over the Miami Marlins. Jordan Mader of Brew Crew Ball has the recap. Before hitting his first homer in the seventh inning (against a pitcher who hadn’t allowed one all year), Clark also picked up his first MLB RBI on a sacrifice fly in the…

Some things to read while being put on the spot. The losses just keep piling up for the Milwaukee Brewers, and on Tuesday, the big blow came from a former teammate. Casey McGehee’s two-out, ninth-inning home run off Francisco Rodriguez was the difference in a 6-3 loss to the Miami Marlins, and Jordan Mader of Brew Crew Ball has a recap if you missed it. The Brewers have now lost 13 of their last 14 games. With the score tied 3-3 in the top of the ninth inning, Francisco Rodriguez retired the first two batters he faced but then walked…

Some things to read while writing a big check. Things continued to spiral down for the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday, as they suffered their 12th defeat in 13 games, losing 6-4 to the Miami Marlins. Derek Harvey of Brew Crew Ball has a recap, if you missed it. The Brewers fell behind early Monday night, as Yovani Gallardo gave up all six Miami runs in the first three innings before being lifted in the fourth. This was only the third time in 29 starts this season that Gallardo has failed to complete five innings. It was an awkward time for…

  Some things to read while wearing your new hat. Today’s good news is this: The Milwaukee Brewers won on Friday to snap a nine-game losing streak. The bad news, on the other hand, is that they haven’t won since and showed very little life in Sunday’s 9-1 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. Noah Jarosh of Brew Crew Ball has a recap and an accompanying rant on effort, if you missed it. Noah wasn’t the only person upset by the Brewers’ apparent lack of effort on Sunday, as the team held a rare players-only meeting after the game. Ryan…