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Mission improbable: Clutch victory snaps skid
- Updated: August 22, 2016
SEATTLE — Finally, a happy flight. And not a moment too soon.
The Brewers were set to enjoy every bit of the roughly three hours and 45 minutes that it takes a charter jet to get from Seattle to Milwaukee after grinding out a 7-6 win over the Mariners on Sunday afternoon. The music was blaring in the clubhouse as they scarfed down dinner and put on their traveling clothes. It was just like any ordinary clutch victory.
Except it wasn’t ordinary at all. This one, in the context of the struggles the Brewers have encountered this week and all season on the road, was as improbable as they come.
Consider that Milwaukee has the worst road record in the Majors at 19-41.
Consider that the Brewers were 0-59 this year in games in which they trailed after eight innings.
Consider that they had lost seven consecutive road games, and that six of those came this week after a fruitless four-game series against the Cubs at Wrigley Field and then the first two games at Safeco Field.
Consider that the Brewers had not enjoyed a lead in any of their seven road games this week until Scooter Gennett’s high fly ball fell to the …
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