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Los Angeles 5, Milwaukee 6
The Dodgers sent Clayton Kershaw to the mound to start the NLCS in Milwaukee. Then Manny Machado led off the second inning with a solo home run to start the scoring. Things appeared to be going the way the Dodgers had scripted the game. Bu then the wheels fell off for Los Angeles. The Brewers scored two in the third inning, including a home run by relief pitcher, Bob Woodruff off of Kershaw. They kept their foot on the gas and scored three more in the fourth inning. Not willing to coast through the rest of the game, they tacked on what turned out to be a crucial insurance run in the seventh. Using James Hader for three innings of middle relief, the Brewers kept the Dodgers off the board for five innings before the Dodgers found their lumber again in the eighth and scored three. Corey Knebel came on in relief of closer Jeremy Jeffress in the ninth and managed to stop the bleeding that appeared there as well, closing the door on the Dodgers and giving the Brewers the game 1 victory.
With the Dodger bullpen getting beat around, Manny Pina taking a Manny Machado backswing to the face, and Lorenzo Cain flying into the OF wall on a missed catch attempt, one has to wonder just how much more can be left on the field when the two teams face off again this afternoon.
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It will be a matchup of two lefties as Yasiel Puig joins the Dodgers’ lineup and Travis Shaw starts at second for the Brewers, giving both lineups a different dynamic than the ones seen in game one.
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Game 1 will feature two of the front-runners for the AL Cy Young facing off against each other as Justin Verlander toes the mound for Houston, while the AL strikeout leader, Chris Sale, goes for Boston.
Didi Gregorius to Undergo Tommy John Surgery
The surprising injury development comes just as the young shortstop is preparing to enter his contract year. He is not expected to make it back until sometime in the middle of the season, meaning the Yankees could be incentivized to non-tender him, rather than pay over $12 million for a half-season of recovery-laden performance.