Milwaukee Brewers fans offer a supernatural explanation for their team’s surprising surge to the top of the major league standings.

Ahead of Saturday’s game, Turang was unexpectedly scratched after originally being placed in the starting lineup. Manager Pat Murphy explained that Turang was penciled in automatically, but after a batting cage session, the team determined he wasn’t ready to go.

Boasting the best record in the majors, Milwaukee (81-48) opened a seven-game homestand on Friday with a 5-4 victory over the San Francisco Giants, thanks to William Contreras' first career walk-off homer in the ninth inning.

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.

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The MLB season marches on as we start to enter the final month of the regular season. Teams across the Majors are either jockeying for position for the postseas

Though the Cincinnati Reds snapped their 14-game winning streak and kept them from sweeping a fifth straight series, the Brewers are anchored in the No. 1 spot on all MLB power boards this week. Here are a few national observations why:

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Baseball's top team is still rolling -- though might be slowing down -- while one NL contender continues its fall down our list in Week 21.

Woodruff and Quintana began the season building up in the minors. Misiorowski didn't make his big league debut until shortly before the All-Star break. Priester was a member of the Boston Red Sox to kick off the season.