Nowadays Milwaukee is in the NL Central, and 87 wins is often good enough for at least a wild card. Of course, this year's team can set its sights much higher. Even after their winning streak was snapped Sunday, the Brewers are 33 games over .500. They need to go just 19-20 the rest of the way to set a franchise record with 97 victories.

The stats show how dominant these dozen wins have been for the Brewers. Here are 12 facts about the streak and the numbers behind them.

That run also gives us a chance to appreciate a particularly unusual big league season — the Brewers' super streaky run through 1987. It was those ‘87 Brewers who won their first 13 games of the season,