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Paul Sullivan: No must-win games in August, but Brewers' Braun once again thrives on Wrigley Field stage

CHICAGO - The Brewers trounced the Cubs, 7-0, on Tuesday in what Ryan Braun suggested was a must-win game, though no game in the middle of August can truly be defined as such.

The Brewers began the day three games behind the Cubs with more than six weeks remaining, and they have seven more games against the division leaders.

There was plenty of time to recover, even if the Cubs had swept this two-game series.

"It was pretty

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