Once the Milwaukee Brewers finally lost a game, Tipsheet wondered if that defeat would break their spell and render them ordinary again.

Their 14-game winning streak possessed a mystical quality. Some of the crazy ways they won games during that stretch, mounting one unlikely rally after another . . . well, it just didn’t make any sense.

Then the Brewers shook off Sunday’s 10 th -inning loss to the Cincinnati Reds to blank the Chicago Cubs 7-0 Monday and move nine games up on the Small Bears. The Brew Crew got right back to work.

Back on June 19 the Cubs led the National League Central by 5 1/2 games. Since the Brewers have posted a 39-10 mark and the dawdling Cubs have gone 25-25.

“The Brewers have played brilliantly,” Cubs manager Craig Counsell said. “We don’t get a lot to say abo

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