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Brewers’ Wong cleaning up at the plate Wisconsin News

Kolten Wong, Brewers second baseman (⬆️ UP) Wong had never batted cleanup in a starting lineup in his MLB career – until Tuesday night. There was a good reason manager Craig Counsell put Wong into the spot usually reserved for a team’s best, or one of the best, power hitters. In his previous three games, […]

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