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MILWAUKEE -- Craig Counsell knows the Milwaukee Brewers are close to snapping out of their recent funk but when youre playing some of the better teams in the league, close is hardly enough.Each loss during Milwaukees current six-game losing streak has come by three runs or less with three of them settled by a one-run margin, including the last two to St. Louis.We were a play away a bunch of these games during the losing streak, said Counsell, the Brewers manager. But you have to make those plays.Starting pitching has been a strong suit for Milwaukee during its skid and the Brewers will hope Matt Garza will be able to keep things going Wednesday night when he takes the mound in series finale with the Cardinals at Miller Park.Garza was the victim of bad luck his last time out. He cruised through five scoreless innings before a pair of Jonathan Villar errors led to a five-run outburst by the Pirates, capped off by a grand slam from Jody Mercer.He allowed five hits and three walks in that contest, but struck out a season-high nine batters.The first time thought the lineup was as good as Ive seen since Ive been in the dugout, Counsell said. He was really crisp, his off-speed stuff was outstanding. It was swing-and-miss stuff.The Cardinals have been anything but kind to Garza during his 11-year career. Hes made 13 starts against St. Louis, going 4-5 with a 4.25 ERA.Hes faced them once this season, allowing seven runs (only four earned) over 5 2/3 innings of a 7-1 loss July 1 at Busch Stadium.St. Louis, which improved to 31-13 against the Brewers in Milwaukee under manager Mike Matheny, will try to polish off a sweep behind right-hander Luke Weaver.Weaver earned his first major league victory in his last start, holding the As to a run on four hits.The key to Weavers success against Oakland was drawing contact.He got eight outs on the ground with just two fly balls -- one of them a home run by Yonder Alonso.If youre not going to strike them out, obviously try and get the ground ball, said Weaver, who struck out seven Oakland batters and has 16 in 15 innings of work since being called up. The fly balls sometimes will keep going like you saw tonight. 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Had it not been for a sliding doors moment, Dale Finucane might already be a premiership hero with Melbourne.The rugged Storm back-rower will head into Sundays NRL grand final as hungry as anyone to finally lay his hands on the Provan-Summons Trophy.Having already tasted grand final defeat twice during his three years at Canterbury, the lure of a premiership win drives the 25-year-old Bega product.He revealed he came close to signing with the Storm five years ago after coming through the Bulldogs junior ranks, which would have put him on the opposite side of the ledger during the 2012 grand final.I was actually close to signing with Melbourne my last year in the under-20s, Finucane said.I was still at Canterbury, I was close to signing with Melbourne as a 21-year-old and beyond. I was actually very close to coming down here but I ended up staying at the Bulldogs for another couple of years.Its funny how it really worked out.SStorm coach Craig Bellamy did eventually get his man, arriving in the Victorian capital following the Bulldogs 2014 grand final loss to South Sydney.ddddddddddddFinucanes career has kicked on since then and he has been a tireless unsung hero of the Storm side which took out the minor premiership and will head into Sundays grand final as favourites to claim a third title.Finucane admits he came to Melbourne with a premiership at the forefront of his thoughts and didnt want to let the opportunity slip through his fingers.I think youd be silly if thats not your ambition - to want to play in a premiership, Finucane said.I think the fact that the team had had a lot of success before, with the calibre of players we have and the coach that we have, that was my ambition to come here and win a premiership. ' ' '