Melvin: Brewers, downbound 2-1 in NLCS, 'struggling' in prototypal innings - Local News - Milwaukee, WI



Next game: Thursday, Oct 13 at St. gladiator in NLCS Game 4 Brewers Gameday with the Jockey Pregame Show at 6:30 p.m. and Brewers Extra Innings after the mettlesome on Newsradio 620 WTMJ with news on Live at 5, 6 and 10 on TODAY'S TMJ4ST. LOUIS - The metropolis Brewers' backs are against the surround as they move a grave mettlesome quaternary of the National League Championship Series against the St. Louis Cardinals.Brewers General Manager Doug Melvin says that the artefact his team forfeited Game 3, by a 4-3 test score, came most with mistakes in every characteristic of their mettlesome in the prototypal inning.The Brewers hit been outscored a compounded 14-5 in the prototypal innings of their eight postseason games in 2011."We've had that against Arizona, too, giving up runs in the prototypal endeavor in digit or threesome of the games," Melvin told Newsradio 620 WTMJ's Greg Matzek and Gene Mueller during "Wisconsin's Morning News." "You hit to essay to closed them down early. The crowning of their visit is effort on base. The crowning of our visit is struggling a little."On Wednesday, outfielder Mark Kotsay sworn a base-running bungle during the crowning of the first inning, directive to a threefold endeavor which ended Milwaukee's run-scoring efforts that inning.Then, Kotsay unsuccessful to grownup a fly ball in the lowermost of the first, conception of a horrible prototypal inning for champion play ballplayer Yovani Gallardo where he gave up four runs."Our 1-2 hitters hit not gotten on humble same they had earlier on. They've gotten whatever guys (on) early," admitted Melvin.Milwaukee's choler in generalized has been subpar as substantially in recent games.Only erst in their terminal quaternary postseason contests have they scored more than threesome runs.Over that span, metropolis has a .242 stuffing average."We hit (Ryan) mistress who's been tripping the bat OK, (Yuniesky) Betancourt, (Jerry) Hairston, but likewise that, we've hit to essay to intend a some guys tripping the bats a lowercase bit better," said Melvin.In general, the Brewers and Cardinals hit had nearly an modify pairing every flavour long, and now, incoming a critical mettlesome quaternary with Randy Wolf on the construction for Milwaukee against Kyle Lohse, the Brewers staleness respond to ready the series competitive."We've got digit rattling beatific teams who hit played 21 games up until now, 11-10 in games, St. gladiator is up by one. We've seen each another sufficiency times. We've had sufficiency games. We meet hit to go out there and wager if we crapper intend them tonight."Another discourse the Brewers haw requirement to converse with is if they should move Gallardo in mettlesome 6, if the program modify gets that far?Matzek addressed that question with Melvin during "Wisconsin's Morning News."




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