Despite winning four of their past five games, much uncertainty remains in the Brewers bullpen.  A day after blowing a 9-2 lead through 6 innings only to be saved by an Aramis Ramirez walk-off two-run homer in the 10th inning, the Brewers bullpen struggled again last night.

Starter Randy Wolf gave up a game-tying three run homer in the 7th inning to tie the game at 5-5.  The Brewers got a run back in the bottom of the 7th on a single from Aramis Ramirez which plated Norichika Aoki.  That score held until the top of the 9th inning when Gaby Sanchez took John Axford deep to right field to tie the game.

Manny Parra pitched for the Brewers in the 10th inning and gave up two hits and what proved to be the game winning single by Hanley Ramirez as the Brewers this time couldn’t muster the heroics of the night before.

If the Brewers are going to make a run in the division they’re going to have to find some bullpen help at the trade deadline.  John Axford, Francisco Rodriguez, Kameron Loe, and Manny Parrra all have ERA’s over 4.0 which is not going to get it done if they’re going to make a move.

One thing’s for certain – no lead is safe in Milwaukee at the moment.

Milwaukee has a game left against the Marlins today and starts a three game series in Houston this weekend.

The Brewers avoided a three-game sweep to the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday, winning 8-4 behind a strong performance by Zach Greinke.

Milwaukee will host the Arizona Diamondbacks this weekend at Miller Park. The Brewers have a 5 game home winning streak against the D-Backs and will look to veteran Randy Wolf tonight to try and continue the recent success.

Losers of 4 of the past 5, the Brewers need a strong home stand against Arizona and Florida this upcoming week. They’re currently 7 games back of division leader Cincinnati.

Inconsistencies have cost the Brewers games all season, most notably in the bullpen. The Brewers have blown a league high 11 saves and 6 of those have come in Randy Wolf’s starts, including each of the last 4 games he has started. The veteran hasn’t won a game in his past ten outings.

Ian Kennedy (5-7) will take the mound tonight for Arizona tonight. The Diamondbacks come into Milwaukee off a 3-2 win in Atlanta on Thursday.

The Milwaukee Brewers traveled to Minneapolis to face the Minnesota Twins this past weekend.  After taking the first two games 5-3 and 6-2 the Brewers went for the sweep on Sunday afternoon.

The Brewers’ Corey Hart hit a 3-run homer in the 5th to give Milwaukee a 4-1 lead.  Brewers’ starting pitcher Zach Greinke seemed in control the whole game until the 7th.  The Twins used four consecutive singles by Jamey Carroll, Denard Span, Ben Revere, and Joe Mauer to tie the game at 4.  That score held up until the bottom of the 15th inning when Denard Span singled to score Brian Dozier in walk-off fashion as the Twins won the game 5-4.

Nineteen of the Twins twenty hits in the game were singles while Milwaukee racked up 15 hits in a game that was delayed 42 minutes by a rain delay. Both bull pens pitched extremely well.  The Brewers pen pitched 6 scoreless innings before Tim Dillard gave up several singles in the 15th to wind up with the loss.  The Twins bullpen pitched 9 scoreless innings and Anthony Swarzak was awarded the win.  Twins All-Star catcher Joe Mauer left the game in the 7th with a bruised quadriceps as well.

The up and down season of the Brewers seemed like it was headed on a down slide after being swept by the Royals in Kansas City as their bullpen seemed to fall apart all three games.  After taking two of three against the Twins who knows what to expect as they host Toronto starting tonight in Milwaukee.   Randy Wolf goes up against Henderson Alvarez tonight as the Brewers (30-36) look to bounce back against the Blue Jays (34-32).

Norichika Aoki went 3-5 with 2 RBI and 3 runs scored batting lead off as the Milwaukee Brewers improved to 26-31 and took the series against the Chicago Cubs, who fell to 19-38.

Aoki, who’s only MLB home run was an inside the parker to break up a perfect game by Colorado’s Jhoulys Chacin in the 4th inning back on April 21, blasted two homers to right field including the game winning walk-off in the bottom of the 10th.

Randy Wolf went 6 2/3 innings giving up 4 hits and 1 run while striking out 6 and walking 2 in a no decision for the Brewers. Matt Garza started for Chicago and went 6 innings giving up 4 hits and 2 runs while also striking out 6 and walking 1 before giving way to bullpen.

The Brewers led 2-1 entering the 8th inning, but Francisco Rodriguez gave up a two run homer to pinch hit first baseman Bryan LaHair as the Cubs took a 3-2 lead.

The Brewers tied it in the bottom of the 8th on a ground rule double to deep center scored Aoki. That set the stage for the heroics in the bottom of the 10th.

Brewers closer Jon Axford got the win while Casey Coleman received the loss for the Cubs.

The Brewers will host the San Diego Padres at Miller Park this weekend while the Cubs travel to Minneapolis to face off against the resurgent Minnesota Twins.