Five things to know for Brewers vs. Blue Jays on Bases Covered Live

Two of the best teams in the Majors headline this Sunday’s Bases Covered Live. The Blue Jays welcome the Brewers to the Rogers Centre as we bid farewell to August and usher in a September of baseball that promises much in the way of drama. Here are five things you need to know ahead of this heavyweight clash.

1. The visiting Milwaukee Brewers have been on something of a rampage these last couple of months. They were hovering around the .500 mark until late May, but in July they exploded, winning 11 games on the spin. Not content with that, they went on to win 14 straight in August -- a single-season franchise record -- becoming just the 10th team in divisional era history (since 1969) to have multiple double-digit winning streaks in the same season. Who knows what September might hold …

2. The Blue Jays, however, are no slouches themselves. Much like Milwaukee they began the season in unspectacular fashion, starting out 26-28 and sitting eight games back in the AL East. Now, heading into the final month of the regular season, they’ve got a healthy buffer at the top of the standings thanks to a spectacular run of form since July, and are eyeing a first division title since 2015.

3. In the 55-year history of the Brewers, they have yet to break 100 wins in the regular season. This year, they have a very real shot at hitting triple figures. With their overall win percentage currently comfortably over .600, they need to win just over 50 percent of their games during the final month of the campaign to add another mark to what has already been a historic season. And if they keep winning? They may well leave the Mariners, Rockies, Padres and Rays as the remaining foursome in the club of teams never to have won the Fall Classic.

4. The Blue Jays’ player to watch on Sunday is surely their $500 million dollar man. Since signing his 14-year contract extension with the only franchise he has ever played for back in April, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has been his classic self at the plate, hitting around the .300 mark with over 20 home runs and an OPS+ north of 140 (meaning he's been 40 percent better than the average hitter). In July he became the 10th Jay to record 1,000 hits, and -- at just 26 years old -- unsurprisingly the youngest. With Vladdy in it for the long run, Toronto has one of baseball’s best to build around.

5. The venue for this one needs almost no introduction. Toronto’s Rogers Centre opened its doors in 1989, in time to see the Jays lift their first World Series titles when they went back-to-back in ’92 and ’93. With a fully retractable roof revealing the CN Tower looming above, it undoubtedly boasts one of the most iconic vistas in all of baseball.