The Brewers closed out their six-game West Coast road trip with a 5-1 record after pounding the Mariners for 17 hits on Wednesday afternoon.

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Luis Castillo was OK. His fastball was in the zone and past batters and generated eight of his 13 whiffs. He entered the game with a 1.92 FIP over his last four starts, and he continued his fielding-independent dominance with no walks, no homers, seven strikeouts and a 0.89 FIP.

One day after hitting his league-leading 39th home run against the Milwaukee Brewers in a 1-0 win, Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh is out of the lineup for Wednesday's series finale. Mitch Garver will do the catching and bat sixth while Jorge Polanco serves as the designated hitter.

Despite a bottom-10 payroll, the Brewers are among MLB's best teams again extracting the most out of their talent.

Cubs' Jed Hoyer Makes Brewers Admission Before MLB Trade Deadline originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Chicago Cubs made an excellent decision to hire Craig Counsell. Jed Hoyer did the right job by poaching him from the Milwaukee Brewers, but unfortunately for the Cubs, Milwaukee hasn't gone away.

Well, they're likely not going to finish 122-40, but after a 6-0 victory over the Seattle Mariners July 21, the Brewers have won 11 straight games and suddenly have Major League Baseball's best record. That also means they've hurdled the rival Chicago Cubs in the National League Central Division standings.

With the MLB trade deadline approaching, the Brewers are entering the chat as major players for Eugenio Suárez.