MILWAUKEE -- You won't see the Brewers appealing this decision: CC Sabathia is the National League's Pitcher of the Month for August.

Sabathia won the award Wednesday after a vote of NL beat writers and broadcasters, matching the honor he earned in July after a trade from Cleveland to Milwaukee.

"It's awesome," Sabathia said. "I'm just trying to help the team win, do what I can, and it's been turning out pretty good."

That's an understatement. In six August starts, Sabathia was 5-0 in August with a 1.12 ERA and three complete games while leading the NL in ERA and innings pitched with 48 1/3. He tied teammate Jeff Suppan for the league lead with five victories and tied for second with 51 strikeouts.

Sabathia completed half of his six starts, including a pair of shutouts. He blanked the Nationals on Aug. 8 and the Pirates on Aug. 31.

That last start drew the most attention. Sabathia allowed only one hit, an infield single by the Pirates' Andy LaRoche that Brewers officials said should have been ruled an error. They shipped a packet to Major League Baseball's offices on Tuesday that included a recording of the play and a written appeal.

Late Wednesday afternoon, MLB announced that a review committee had upheld the original call, ending speculation about a retroactive no-hitter.

Sabathia said he was more focused on the pennant race.

"[Awards] are something that you sit back after the season and worry about it," he said. "Right now, when you're in the middle of it, you just go out and play hard every day."

Sabathia, the reigning American League Cy Young Award winner traded to Milwaukee for four prospects, has won a career-high 12 consecutive decisions over his last 16 starts and is 9-0 as a Brewer with a 1.43 ERA. Six of Sabathia's nine complete games this season have come since the trade, including three of his five shutouts.

His win marked the fourth time since 2000 that an NL pitcher has won the award in consecutive months. Jake Peavy won in August and September 2007; Mark Prior in August and September 2003 and Greg Maddux in June and July 2001. Sabathia was also Pitcher of the Month in May 2006 as a member of the Cleveland Indians.

It appears that Sabathia will get every opportunity to make it three months in a row, because Brewers manager Ned Yost on Wednesday morning expressed no qualms about Sabathia's heavy workload.

Yost said he understands why some observers would question the Brewers' use of their second-half rental. But he again defended his handling of the starter, arguing that Sabathia's modest number of pitches per inning and his burly build make him perfectly suited to pitch deep into games.

Yost also made a rare admission that economics play a role. Sabathia, a free agent at season's end, is pitching for his next contract.

"My concern is that we win and that CC benefits from his talents and abilities," Yost said. "Who would not pay extra for a guy that finishes what he starts? For him, it's a valuable commodity to have those games also, as long as he doesn't have to throw 130 pitches to do it. Not only is it benefiting us, it's benefiting him for the future."

In other words, every complete game means more dollar signs this winter, when Sabathia is a free agent.

"Big dollar signs," Yost said.