National League Central week in review: 5/2/14 – 5/8/14

May 5, 2014; Milwaukee, WI, USA; Milwaukee Brewers catcher Martin Maldonado (12) is greeted in the dugout after hitting a 2-run homer in the second inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Miller Park. (Benny Sieu-USA TODAY Sports)

When you go through the pages here (they’re not that long, I promise), you will notice that only one team had a winning week. That was the Pittsburgh Pirates at 4-2. In fact, for each team’s last ten games, none are better than 5-5. That includes division-leading Milwaukee.

Here’s the division standings as of play through yesterday, May 8, 2014

So here’s a look at the past week, a few notes on each team, and who each team faces in the upcoming week. There’s a couple of intriguingly good inter-divisional series coming up.