Manny Machado did not manage to lose a ground ball in the second game of the NLCS.(Photo: Jon Durr, USA TODAY Sports)

Manny Machado was the league's best hitter in the National League championship series.

He is 5-in-11 with a circuit, two doubles and three points produced in a team beating a .220 collective.

But that's his lack of effort on the baspathths that drew contempt, eclipsing its overall performance. In the second game, he failed to get a ball out against Orlando Arcia, the short stop for the Milwaukee Brewers brewers, while the game was scoreless.

He spoke of his misadventure in an interview with Fox Sports 1, which will air before the fourth game on Tuesday.

"I thought about it, and it happens every time, there's no excuse for it honestly," he said, according to The Athletic. "I've never apologized for not running, I'm not hurt, there's none, but I've been the same player …"

"Obviously, I'm not going to change, I'm not the type of player that will be" Johnny Hustle ", and I'm on the phone and slide to the first goal and … you know, anything that can happen. It's just not my personality, it's not my cup of tea, it's not what I am.

"Should I have run on this field? Yeah … but I do not have and I have to pay the consequences for that. It hurts. It looks terrible. I watch the video and say, "Woah, what was I doing?" You know, nothing but the emotions of the game. … I am the type of player who stayed in the zone, I play and I'm just in the zone. "

Machado is one of the most talented players in the league and may soon claim a salary of $ 300 million. Yet, with all his talent, all the attention paid to Machado during the NLCS has been devoted to his setbacks.

In Game 3, he made two dubious take-away slides in the second base. The second ended a potential trade with an interference call, resulting in a double game in the fourth inning of a 4-0 defeat.

"There is no perfect player," said Dodgers manager Dave Roberts. "A guy who signals every round is hard to find these days, for me the net is not even close."

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