MLB – Milwaukee Brewers-St. The Louis Cardinals series could be doozy

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– At the bottom of the fifth inning, Cardinals pitcher Jack Flaherty scored two points against Taylor Williams. Counsell was not happy because, with a 1-1 draw, he had to call Josh Hader to deal with Carpenter. Hader hit him.

– At the top of the sixth inning, the Brewers scored two points without a hit – three balls, a batter hit and a sacrifice steal.

– Hader returned to the mound at the bottom of the sixth. Obviously, he has a habit of throwing several innings, so he has had many appearances in which he came in, sat while the Brewers beat, and then returned to the mound. This time, Jose Martinez slammed in the center, Paul DeJong walked and Marcell Ozuna lined up a rocket in the center left for a lead of 4-3 Cardinals. Both home races were eliminated by 93-mph fastballs.

– The Brewers came home and managed to make their way with the help of two Jordan Hicks walks. Did I mention the Cardinals played an ugly game?

– Carpenter took the start of the heat and Counsell turned to another left-hander, Xavier Cedeno. (You must love the September lists, or hate them.) Carpenter has flown away.

– In the eighth inning, the Brewers had three consecutive left-handed players. Mike Shildt went with Bud Norris, who was mostly awful in the second half, allowing six runs and seven walks in three sets in September. To be fair, Norris has a big reverse squad division this season. Still, it seemed like a questionable decision. With an exit, Eric Thames hit a right turn and Martinez, a bad field player, went into a triple. Mike Moustakas was then intentionally walked. Norris decided to throw to first base – the slow running Moustakas was going nowhere – and threw him away. Thames scored the goal. The brewers turned on another round.

– Jeremy Jeffress being unavailable due to neck spasms, Counsell has turned to former close Corey Knebel, his ninth pitcher of the evening. September baseball, everyone! Knebel hit Carpenter but hit the side. Only a few weeks ago, Knebel was exiled to minors for having a mental break after struggling. In September, he launched 12 scoreless runs and struck 24 batters. The slider is back and he dominates again as he did in 2017. The way he goes he could pitch every game this week.

So, big night. Do you have all this? Let's do it again on Tuesday.

Rockies Club Phillies: Colorado Rockies' 10-1 win over Jon Gray helped the Los Angeles Dodgers keep their cool, while Trevor Story returned to the lineup and finished twice with five doubles. Story became the fourth shortstop to reach 80 hits and 25 steals in one season, joining Hanley Ramirez (2007), Jimmy Rollins (2007) and Alex Rodriguez (1998).

The draw for this match: The Phillies look absolutely cooked and they dropped to .500 after playing 14 games on .500 on August 17, while they were only there. 39, half a match in first place. Obviously, they would like to finish above 500, so I do not think they did it at the level of the effort, but they did not win a match this month against a winning team. It would not shock me if the Rockies swept through this four-game series at home.

You will not believe that … The Arizona Diamondbacks Bullbacks could lead 3-2 against the Dodgers, while LA scored two in the seventh and three in the ninth to win a 7-4 win, save Clayton Kershaw and stay 1½ in the Rockies. .

Speaking of opening: I am a little surprised that the teams have not tried this trick against the Dodgers to spoil Dave Roberts and his heavy training. The Diamondbacks could have started a right-hander – said Archie Bradley, who pitched the sixth inning – and then appealed to Robbie Ray. Of course, a good manager would see the strategy, and I guess you would not use it with Ray or Zack Greinke (which starts on Wednesday), but it would make sense to do it with Matt Koch's starter and on Tuesday. see what Roberts does.

Anyway, leaving aside the Atlanta Braves, here's how the NL playoffs play out (five teams for four):