Dodgers and Brewers Set for High-Stakes Showdown: Who Will Edge Ahead?

The Dodgers took the opener and I predicted that it would be a final of 3-1. Instead, it was a Dodgers victory of 2-1. They did try and blow the game, allowing Milwaukee to load the bases in the bottom of the ninth, but they escaped. I want to talk about a couple of moments that we had in yesterday’s game. I mentioned the bottom of the ninth, and the Brewers had an opportunity to tie or win the game. The Brewers mounted their only real threat in that frame after Blake Snell was finally removed after eight brilliant innings. Bryce Turang was at the dish and had a 1-2 count. Dodgers pitcher Blake Treinen threw a sweeper that Turang dodged. So many people are online saying that they can’t believe he didn’t let it hit him. While it would’ve hit him, and tied the game, I can’t sit here and say it was his fault. Things are moving so fast, the natural reaction is to move out of the way on that pitch. Unfortunately, he knew it was a mistake (if you can really call it that, I call it a natural reaction). The very next pitch he was probably thinking about it and struck out. The other play was the double play that is unlikely to ever happen again. The Dodgers had bases loaded with one out, Max Muncy hits a bomb to centerfield. It hits off the fielder’s glove, then the wall. The umpire simply signaled safe. The Dodgers apparently headed too far and had to head back to tag up. The Brewers got the ball from center, to short, to home before the Dodgers slid into the plate. They got a force out because that was a hit for Muncy. Then the Brewers tagged third base, and boom, double play. The Dodgers need to be better on the bases there, but it was a play that went the Brewers way that will likely never happen again. A lot of times things balance out.