Mix & mash: OF recipe working

Maybe this outfield-rotation thing is going to work out, after all.

Not that Marlon Byrd liked getting a day off during a torrid week of hitting, but rookie Tyler Colvin kept his spot more than warm with a 3-for-4 day that fell a triple short of a cycle.

And even without the team's top hitter in the lineup, the Cubs pounded Milwaukee Brewers starter Dave Bush and the bullpen for season highs in hits (18), home runs (four) and runs in a 12-2 victory Sunday that gave them a three-game sweep and a winning road trip (4-3).

Maybe the pitching played a role in the Cubs' 25-4 series margin. The Brewers didn't have their top two starters in the series. The Cubs also have …