When he acquired Carlos Lee from the White Sox in exchange for Scott Podsednik, Luis Vizcaino, and Travis Hinton this past December, Brewers General Manager Doug Melvin was hoping he had added a powerful right-handed slugger to the middle of his team’s anemic batting order. It would appear that he was right.

After tearing through the Cactus League and taking his former team deep in an exhibition game at Miller Park, El Caballo kept his hot streak alive on Wednesday at Pittsburgh’s PNC Park and helped the Brewers sweep the Pirates in a blowout, 10-2 win.

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