This article was originally published on www.si.com/mlb/brewers as Brewers Injury Revealed: When Standout Can Return To Milwaukee. The Milwaukee Brewers recently lost 26-year-old reliever DL Hall to an oblique injury.

All true. But even though the Brewers’ 14-game winning streak ended Sunday with a 3-2 loss to the Cincinnati Reds in 10 innings, their record is best in the majors by six games. The team that opened the season with the sport’s eighth lowest payroll is putting the competition to shame.

Following a 14-game winning streak, the longest in franchise history, the Milwaukee Brewers' magical run finally came to a close in heartbreaking fashion against the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday.

The Milwaukee Brewers remain the undisputed No. 1 team for a third straight week in Monday's MLB power rankings poll by the Fastball On SI staff.

The Milwaukee Brewers reached new heights in the month of August, winning 14 consecutive games and setting a new record for the longest winning streak in franchise history. Along the way, Milwaukee swept the Pittsburgh Pirates from August 11–13, including a dominant 14–0 win that marked their second victory of the season over Paul Skenes.

The Milwaukee Brewers are in the midst of a long run of baseball played on consecutive days, and it is about to get even more challenging this week. After

And yet, oddsmakers still aren’t quite sold on the Brew Crew being the best team in the league. Despite this unbelievable run, Milwaukee still has the third-best odds (+400, FanDuel Sportsbook) of winning the National League pennant behind the Dodgers (+210) and Phillies (+380).

Milwaukee was 20-3 in 1987 before crashing back to earth with alarming quickness. May barely had begun when the team lost 12 in a row. The Brewers snuck in another losing streak of six games before the month was over — only to follow with an immediate six-game winning streak.

Playing in the first game of a scheduled doubleheader, the Brewers responded from their first loss in 15 games with another victory, and the crowd of 38,971 featured an awful lot of Milwaukee faithful cheering on the hottest team in baseball (79-45).