MLB – Milwaukee Brewers Defeat Los Angeles Dodgers by Overwriting Script

What is shocking is that in the world's most populous script city, the Brewers took the one we thought was written for the NLCS and threw it into the ravine of Chavez.

"This is the story of our season," said Travis Shaw, a Brewers hockey player. "We've had guys go at different times of the year in different ways.I know everyone is talking about Yelich and [Lorenzo] Cain. But we had guys up and down in the composition. It's a different guy every day. "

As this series continues to unfold, this could be the emerging story of the 2018 Brewers. Despite all the talk about the depth of the Dodgers and their ability to take advantage of the value of each place on the list, the Brewers are doing the same thing. It's just that their places are maintained by players not as rich or famous as their Los Angeles counterparts.

"We are a team," Yelich said. "We need everyone to contribute, we have to have all 25 players, they're a great team on the other side, and we're going to need contributions from everyone from the grassroots to the board. previous, staff, if we want to win the series ".

Yelich is the MVP's favorite in the National League, the closest thing to a morning idol to Hollywood like that of the Brewers. He's even from Los Angeles. But after seeing his exploits in the second half rise and his figures drifting rankings, the number of pitches he's got is now almost exhausted. Brewers manager Craig Counsell said before Monday's game that some big shots scored by Yelich had been scored.

Yelich began his evening with a stroll, his ninth in the playoffs, which says a lot about how it was launched. But when he approached to take the eighth round, he had slipped to 3-in-18 in his appearances without a break. The Dodgers have aligned their defense on the kind of change that Yelich sees a lot. The hope was that the guy who hit 36 ​​homers and almost won the NL Triple Crown during the season would do what the sluggers do in 2018 – try to make a difference.

Instead, Yelich traced a perfect loop on the line of third base and was found at first base. Wait, what page of the script was it?

"Before the round, nobody came out," Yelich said. "If they'll give it to you, why not take it? I have no problem banding it's a good decay."

So, of course, Chacin was right about Buehler. This is yet another twist in relation to the narrative we had elaborated. Chacin became a version of Madison Bumgarner in the Midwest, right handed, in October. He scored 5 scoreless innings on Monday, and he has now suspended 10 zeros to start his playoffs. Only four other starters in post-season history have entered the playoffs with two straight outings of five or fewer runs: Corey Kluber (2016), Steve Avery (1991), Joe Niekro (1980 and 1981), and Christy Mathewson (1905).

Christy Mathewson!

"Jhoulys was just outstanding tonight," Counsell said. "He made big launches. [second-inning] crossed out [Yasmani] Grandal was a huge field. The last four times we gave him the ball, it was a great performance each time. "

The exit of Chacin took place after Wade Miley launched 5⅔⅔ of laundering in the second match, eliminating 15 Dodgers in a row at one time. This has been the case for the Brewers during all the playoffs.

"Our guys we give the ball to early in the game are doing a hell of a job, dude," Counsell said. "They really set the tone for games, they put us in a good position."

Remember, everything was supposed to concern the pen. But after the third game, the Brewers' relief teams averaged 3.07 points over 29 innings, according to ESPN Statistics & Information. Not bad. But has this rotation been neglected (including Counsell's famous "first detractors")? It would be an ERA 0.35 in 25⅔ innings. The Milwaukee starters have run exactly one run up to now in the playoffs.

Is it possible that the Brewers starters have taken their disrespect a little personally?

"Personally, I do not think about it like that," said Miley. "I have just the same philosophy as the whole year.Just go out and try to get as many outs as possible.I know we have a pretty good enclosure there, so the sooner we have the ball in their hands, we know that we have a good chance of solving the problem, obviously we want to do well, try to do well, and everything is fine now, we want to try to continue in this way. "

D & # 39; AGREEMENT. What about this office? It was good in Game 3, of course, Milwaukee released its third playoff game. By the way, it's amazing. The Brewers became the third team to post three shutouts in the first six playoff games. The others were Matthewson's 1905 New York giants and the 1966 Baltimore Orioles. The latter is a bad start for the Dodgers – it's the club that defeated Sandy Koufax's last team in the World Series. before heading for early retirement.

Anyway, Corey Knebel, Joakim Soria and Josh Hader allied themselves to kick out 2 2/3 of lockout defeats, with a total of six strikeouts on Monday. Hader, who made his mark with several innings, eliminated the two batters he faced on just eight shots.

Milwaukee led 4-0 when Hader was called to finish the eighth, causing more debate. Counsell has repeatedly spoken of his desire to avoid Hader's podium in home-and-away matches, so why use it there, in a low-leverage place? This is not the way we wrote it.

"The other team is very good and you respect the batters of his team," said Counsell. "And I thought I was getting [Joc] Pederson and [Max] Muncy has lost ground with Josh, which is a good way to get outs. Josh did a limited job tonight. "

While Hader may have experienced back-to-back difficulties this season, can eight pitches really be called "backs"? When speaking about Hader's availability for Tuesday's fourth game, Counsell was discerning. And this is perhaps the most important part: to retain Hader's threat that he did not have to enter the second match.

"We will always check and see how it feels and everything," said Counsell. "Obviously, removing him from the game was to make him available for Games 4 and 5, if we needed him."

The four-run advantage that Hader helped protect was established in two other impromptu moments. First, in the sixth round, Shaw launched a fly to the center-right that continued to advance. Dodgers centerback Cody Bellinger seemed to abandon him, then headed for the fence at the last moment. The ball bounced off the wall and Shaw found himself at third base.

You know how many triples Shaw had hit before this season? Zero.

"I think they wanted to bring him back there, try to restore his level of self-confidence," Shaw said. "His round started as in the last two games, but today he has found a way to get out and make big shots to eliminate those two guys. who counts, it is that we have won 1. "

Which brings us to our last shot of the script. After three games, the Brewers outsiders beat the mighty Dodgers and they took over the advantage on their court if the series continues.

"It's big," Shaw said. "Guarantees, we're going back to Milwaukee."