MILWAUKEE -- You could zero in on the details of the Brewers’ 7-1 win over the Pirates at American Family Field on Monday, from Brice Turang hitting the first leadoff home run of his career to Christian Yelich making it 22 home runs this season for No. 22, to a surprise squeeze bunt from slugger Andrew Vaughn and culminating with Milwaukee becoming the 10th team with multiple 10-game winning streaks in a season during the Divisional Era (since 1969).

Or, with the Pirates in town, you could reflect on how the Brewers got here.

It was a good night to do that because this crazy run began against the Pirates on May 25, a Sunday getaway day at PNC Park. The Brewers woke up that morning with a 25-28 record, having already held two grim postgame meetings and with the manager, Pat Murphy

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