The Milwaukee Brewers are realizing they will face a daunting challenge that will confront them with the Los Angeles Dodgers' formidable starting rotation in the National League series, starting with the veteran Clayton Kershaw and, probably, an impressive rookie Walker Buehler.

The first match is scheduled for 19:09. Friday and match 2 at 16:09 Saturday at Miller Park.

"I think the thing that stands out (about Kershaw) is, first and foremost, how he competes," Brewers said. Ryan Braun said Wednesday after a full workout at Miller Park. "For me, he is the biggest pitcher of our generation and is on the list of the best pitchers of all time.

"It starts with the way he participates, night after night. Whether he has his best assets or not, from first to last throw, you know you will fight to fight him. Obviously, the pure substance is really good. People place great importance on the fact that his fast ball speed is low, but he is probably a better pitcher than when he was younger.

"For me, it's as good and as tough as it ever has been, and it starts with its level of competitiveness, unique and special."

The Brewers faced Kershaw, 30, twice in the regular season with very different results. On July 21 at Miller Park, they scored four points in six innings, but only one was earned, winning a 4-2 win.

Less than two weeks later, Kershaw's six strong innings (five hits, two points, seven strikeouts) were barely prevented, as the Dodgers broke the big sticks by hitting seven balls off the court in 21 -5.

"All the starters shot the ball very well," Braun said. "We are aware that our hands are full and starters will be difficult, but we also have a lot of confidence in our pitchers.

"For us, in breach, we know we will not have a ton of opportunities against these guys, so we talked about the importance of trying to take advantage of the opportunities we have. "

Even though they recorded the best record of the NL (96-67) and removed the central crown of the Netherlands to the mighty Chicago Cubs in Game Number 163, not to mention the advantage on their pitch, the Brewers are still considered the group's underdogs. NLCS. That's good, according to Braun.

"I like the position we are in," he said. "We have been in this position all year. Upon entering the spring training, nobody thought we had a chance to win the division and that's what we did. Nobody thought they could do much damage in the playoffs and we swept the first round. "

"The Dodgers are obviously an incredibly talented team. They have been in this position. This is their third straight NLCS appearance and the fourth in the last five or six years. So, there is a reason why they are favored. But I really like where we are and we are all confident about the way we play right now. "

Wait and watch: Not surprisingly, manager Craig Counsell On Wednesday, he was not ready to make any statement about how he will handle the launch for the NLCS.

Counsell and his coaching staff pulled the strings perfectly when the Colorado Rockers swept through the NLDS, which lasted three games. Starting with an "everyone on the bridge" approach, Milwaukee closed a dangerous Colorado lineup.

Brandon Woodruff started and started three innings in the first match, Jhoulys Chacín started and launched five in game 2 and Wade Miley launched 4 2/3 innings in match 3.

The formidable Brewers' field took over from there and by the time it was all said, the Rockies had only two points on 14 hits in 28 innings in total – an incredible performance by Milwaukee.

"I do not have names for you," said Counsell about the Dodgers series projects, which is the best of seven programs as opposed to the top five format used in the NLDS.

"We have to think about this series differently, and to cover the number of innings we need to cover is certainly something we need to think about differently.

"We did things differently for a whole season."

Teams must set their lineups before 10 am on Friday.

Rooted interest: Brewers second player Travis Shaw has several Boston Red Sox members among his best friends in the game. It's no surprise that he was delighted to see his former team qualify for the American League Championship Series beating the New York Yankees on Tuesday. evening.

"I have received three texts today – Brock Holt, (Dustin) Pedroia and Mookie (Betts", said Shaw, who was a ninth round pick of the Red Sox in 2011. He made his debut in the big leagues with them in 2015.

"I congratulated them, I still keep in touch with 5-6 guys over there.I shoot for them.I hope they will be successful.I have a lot of very good friends there. and I grew up with a lot of them.

"So, yes, I'm looking for these guys."

Boston will face the Houston Astros, reigning World Series champions, in the ALCS.

If the Brewers and Red Sox advance, Shaw will find himself facing these same friends for all the balls.

"They mentioned that the possibility exists and is getting closer," Shaw said. "It would be pretty cool if it happened, we still have a lot of work to do before we even think about it."