On the other side of the ball, the Brewers pitching staff completed a "hidden" perfect game by retiring 32 consecutive batters between Friday and Saturday's games. That streak was broken up by Reds outfielder TJ Friedl singling off starter Quinn Priester. That, too, qualified as a new franchise record, according to Elias Sports Bureau.

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The Milwaukee Brewers set a single-season franchise record with their 14th straight victory Saturday. And, in keeping with recent form, it wasn’t easy.

Brewers coaches and front office officials have spent hours in meetings and Zoom sessions over recent days discussing how to get through this particularly burdensome stretch of the schedule without blowing out the pitching on the cusp of a pennant push.

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Austin Hays’ single with the bases loaded in the 10th inning gave the Cincinnati Reds a 3-2 victory over Milwaukee, ending the Brewers’ franchise-record winning streak.

When the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Chicago Cubs in the opener of a 5-game series, it bunched the top 4 NL wild-card contenders within 5 1/2 games.

The Reds played clean baseball Sunday to beat the Brewers, but defensive lapses earlier cost them the series — again.