MILWAUKEE -- Brewers fan Frank Vitucci will be the first to tell you that it’s the players who deserve all the credit for the incredible run that continued Wednesday with a 12-5 win over the Pirates at American Family Field. Barely five weeks removed from an 11-game winning streak, the Brewers have bettered that mark by winning 12 in a row, part of a stretch of 27 victories in their last 31 games and 51 of 67. In the 70 years they’ve played Major League Baseball in this town, there’s never been a regular season stretch like it.

It’s not magic and it’s not luck. It’s fun, fundamental baseball, like veteran starter Brandon Woodruff showing he paid attention during pitcher’s fielding practice by hustling over to cover first for a slick final out in the fourth. Or the way Brewers hitters

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