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June 1965:
June swoon, you say? Not for our Brewers, who would have their best month of the season, going 20-12.
After having dropped to 4 games below .500 on the last day of May, the Brewers reeled off 6 straight wins. In spite of losing 3 of 4 to the first place L.A. Spinners in the second week of June, the Brewers had a great mid-month when they went 7-1 the week of June 14th-June 20th, including taking a double-header from the dreaded Spinners (and splitting the last 2 games of the 4 game series.)
It was young LF'er Antonio Puente's turn to be in the spotlight as the MGL's Player-of-the-Week that week as he started to display his great potential with the bat and the glove. (Tanner Yurek had earlier taken such honors during the week in which he had the 4-HR game.)
The Brewers end the month of June with a season record of 41-37, in a virtual tie for 3rd place with the Detroit Falcons, and now 5 games behind the league leading Spinners.
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