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By Marcus Chen
WPLG Local 10
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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Aaron Ashby believes the trust among the Milwaukee Brewers relievers enables each of them to take the mound without having too much of a weight on their shoulders.That bullpen has done much of the heavy lifting in getting the Brewers to their first World Series since 1982.Relievers allowed just six runs over 40 2/3 innings for a 1.33 ERA during Milwaukee’s 3-1 series victory over the San Diego Padres in the NL Division Series and four-game sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL Championship Series. According to Sportradar, that’s the fourth-best postseason ERA that any pennant winner has carried into the World Series since the wild-card era began in 1995.Milwaukee manager Pat Murphy has leaned heavily on left-handers Ashby, DL Hall and JoJo Romero and right-handers Abner Uribe and Trevor Megill. They have combined to strike out 35 and allow only 15 hits and three earned runs over 35 innings.“I know if I get two runners on, DL, Abner, Megill are behind me, and that’