MILWAUKEE — Thanks in no small part to resurgent starting pitching, the Milwaukee Brewers will still be in first place Sunday when they wrap up a three-game series with the San Diego Padres at Miller Park.
But if they plan to stay on their perch, looking down on the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals, they’ll need their bullpen to turn things around quickly.
Milwaukee’s rotation has combined to go 9-4 with a 2.95 ERA over its last 23 games, striking out 111 while walking just 42. But the relief corps has struggled during that same stretch and leads the National League with 19 losses and 13 blown saves.