The Athletics beat the Brewers 8-4 Sunday afternoon for Oakland’s fifth win in a row. For the Brewers, this may go down as one of the most embarrassing sweeps ever.

The frustrating part of the game was that the Brewers had plenty of chances to score. In fact, in the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth inning, the Brewers leadoff hitter made it on base. Not only that, but in the second, seventh, and eighth innings, the Brewers had a runner on with one out. The Brewers also outhit the Athletics 10-6 and their offense had more walks as well at 6-5. If you add in Luis Urias getting hit by two pitches, the Brewers had 18 baserunners in the game. However, the offense went 3-for-12 with runners in scoring position and left 11 runners on base as a team.

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The 1962 Mets swept a two game series against the Cubs, but did not sweep a series of three or more games. The Mets that season did win three games in a row twice, one of those in four-game series against the Milwaukee Braves. That team can rest easy now.