There's something special about Milwaukee Brewers reliever Aaron Ashby.

Ashby, 28, just picked up his league-leading 12th win of the season. He was once again phenomenal in relief, this time recording four outs in just 20 pitches.

The lefty sits at 12-1 on the year and has picked up wins in each of his last two appearances, both of which have come in this four-game series against the Cincinnati Reds.

Officially, Ashby's 12 wins are the most by a reliever in MLB history before the All-Star break. If that's not impressive enough, he's on pace for 23 wins, something that simply doesn't feel right for a reliever to have.

Ashby took the mound on Monday, June 29, but was only needed for one scoreless frame. He allowed a hit but struck out a Reds player. Two Reds' grounded out while one flew out in his 15 pitches of work.

Fast forward to two nights later, when Ashby got a pair of Reds to ground out and one to fly out. It was seemingly déjà vu for the reliever who's in firm control of leading the MLB in wins this season.

Ashby piggy-backed off a stellar 5.2-inning start from Shane Drohan. Sadly for Drohan, he was pulled in a 2-2 game. Milwaukee put up a pair of runs in the bottom of the seventh which once again put Ashby in line for the win.

Sure enough, Abner Uribe picked up his 12th hold of the season and Trevor Megill picked up his 12th save. Twelve seems to be the magic number, and there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. Uribe was incredible, recording three outs in five pitches, and Megill got his three outs on 11 pitches, nine of which were strikes.

There are occasions where Brewers manager Pat Murphy will flip Uribe and Ashby's spots in late-innings due to matchups or whatever he deems necessary, but ultimately the formula of Ashby pitching the seventh, Uribe pitching the eighth, and Megill slamming the door in the ninth seems to be when this team is the most successful.

Ashby is no closer, and this team learned that the hard way recently. He's certainly not perfect with his four blown saves on the year, but he also has four holds and, for what it's worth, he's picked up a pair of wins on two of his four blown saves.

Only once has he taken the loss, with that being back on Saturday, June 20, when Atlanta Braves' Ozzie Albies walked off the Brewers with a two-run bomb, his second of the game.

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