Brewers Pat Murphy Blames Emotional Cubs NLDS for Sweep by Iconic Shohei Ohtani & Dodgers | Postgame

We’ve talked about being an inch from the top and an inch from the bottom and uh you know we faced u a really really talented team that played really really good. We were part of tonight an iconic, you know, maybe the best individual performance ever in a postseason game. I I don’t think anybody can argue with that. Guy punches out 10 and hits three homers. Um, I’m really proud of our team. I admire our team. Enough has been said. The narrative has been said many times, but um, you know, it came to an end tonight to a team that is not only talented, played great, and it’s it’s a great experience. Um, but that’s where you got to go. That’s why the little things matter. That’s all the things we harp on matter because we don’t have as big a margin of error when you don’t you’re not your team is not filled with the same amount of talent. They have experienced this. They’ve seen it firsthand. They know how precious it is. Um you lead the league in in wins and you do some great things for the franchise, but still, you know, there’s there’s work to be done. So the emotional series and the Cubs is you guys have to know the Brewers Cubs thing. Well, you have to have been part of it to understand how it really zapped um a lot out of us emotionally and then to have to come back and play right away. Um I think and then we lose a one-run game and it just takes us off us. It took us off it a little bit. And then the pitching performances by the Dodgers uh you know basically uh put the hammer down.

“The emotional series and the Cubs, you guys have to know the Brewers/Cubs things well. You have to have been part of it to understand how it really zapped a lot out of us emotionally.”

– Brewers Pat Murphy Blames Emotional Cubs NLDS for Sweep by Iconic Shohei Ohtani & Dodgers | Postgame press conference after eliminated by LA Dodgers

“We’ve talked about being an inch from the top and an inch from the bottom. And we faced a really, really talented team that played really, really good.

We were part of tonight an iconic, maybe the best individual performance ever in a postseason game. I don’t think anybody can argue with that. A guy punches out 10 and hits three homers.

I’m really proud of our team. I admire our team. Enough has been said, the narrative has been said many times. But it came to an end tonight to a team that was not only talented, played great.”

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The Los Angeles Dodgers are heading back to the World Series for the second straight year after sweeping the Milwaukee Brewers in the National League Championship Series, capping the four-game set with a 5-1 victory Friday at Dodger Stadium.

The star of the night — and arguably the postseason — was Shohei Ohtani, who delivered one of the most dominant individual performances in recent memory. Ohtani not only hit three towering home runs, including a 469-foot shot out of Dodger Stadium, but also took the mound to pitch six innings, striking out 10 Brewers. His heroics erased memories of his struggles against the Philadelphia Phillies in the NLDS, where he went just 1-for-18 with nine strikeouts.

Dodgers fans will remember Ohtani’s bat and arm working in perfect harmony, as his power-hitting outshined even the mammoth 455-foot homer by Kyle Schwarber during the NLDS.

For the Brewers, it was a tough end to a season of near misses. Manager Pat Murphy praised his team despite the sweep, saying, “We’ve talked about being an inch from the top and an inch from the bottom. And we faced a really, really talented team that played really, really good.”

Murphy reflected on the historic performance by Ohtani: “We were part of tonight an iconic, maybe the best individual performance ever in a postseason game. I don’t think anybody can argue with that. A guy punches out 10 and hits three homers.”

On the Brewers’ offensive struggles against Los Angeles’ pitching, Murphy said, “Since the beginning of time in baseball, when you have dominant pitching on the mound throwing 98 to 100 with tremendous off-speed pitches, the command they showed — Will Smith deserves a ton of credit. Most offenses would struggle.”

He also highlighted the resilience and growth of Milwaukee’s young players. “Chourio is in his second year. He looked pretty comfortable the whole series. Chad Patrick, Miz, a lot of guys stepped up. They’ve experienced this. They’ve seen it firsthand. They know how precious it is,” Murphy said.

Reflecting on the challenges of the season and the emotional toll of previous playoff series, Murphy added, “The emotional series with the Cubs… you have to have been part of it to understand how it really zapped a lot out of us emotionally. Then to have to come back and play right away — we lose a one-run game, it took us off it a little bit. Then the pitching performances by the Dodgers basically put the hammer down.”

Murphy expressed optimism for the future of the team. “We learned a lot from it. We had a lot of young players. You lead the league in wins and do some great things for the franchise, but still there’s work to be done. I love the guys. I love what they bring to the table. I love their possibilities going forward.”

The Dodgers are the first defending World Series champions to return to the Fall Classic since the Philadelphia Phillies in 2009. Los Angeles is seeking to become the first club to win consecutive World Series titles since the Yankees captured three straight championships from 1998-2000. Overall, the Dodgers are chasing their 23rd World Series appearance, second only to the Yankees’ 41.

Roberts the 12th manager in history to appear in at least five World Series, joining legendary names such as Casey Stengel (10), Joe McCarthy (9), John McGraw (9), Connie Mack (8), Walter Alston (7), Miller Huggins (6), Tony LaRussa (6), Joe Torre (6), Bobby Cox (5), Sparky Anderson (5), and Bruce Bochy (5).

The Dodgers will now prepare to face the American League champion in the Fall Classic, while the Brewers, who led the league in wins during the regular season, will regroup with largely the same roster for another postseason push next year.

24 comments

  2. Maybe he should ask his players, "Anyone new here"? Cause they looked like a bunch of newbies. They were embarrassed, and he is full of excuses. Cubs would have scored more than 4 runs in 4 games, FACT! The Cubs won 4 postseason games, the Brewers won 3.

  3. The fact is neither of the American League teams that are vying for the World Series spot will do any better than the Milwaukee Brewers did against the Dodger$. And it's not because those teams are bad, it's because the Dodger$ allowed their players to fake injuries throughout the season allowing them to take months off at a time which then made it easier to be fresh for the playoffs. It's nothing new, they do this every year because they have a deep enough backup bench to still win their weak division! As Pat Murphy said, it comes down to the haves and the have nots! And without a Salary cap , MLB will die!

  5. No baseball will never be America's game… and will always be the 3rd most popular sport …until they can fix how teams get players …the Dodgers have what a 2 billion dollar pay row the brewers 122 million … thats straight messed up and bad for the game no one cares the Dodgers Yankees Phillies …the brewers cubs series was great because the teams where close …no when u have one team that buys the best players year after year is just sick for a sport…baseball please fix this lop sided bull

  7. As a Brewers fan this was embarrassing to say the least. This team looked intimidated and lost. How 🤔 do you get to the NLCS and only score 4 runs in 4 games? After the 2nd loss at home I decided not to watch, especially when they seemed to not want to even swing the bat. Cmon Coach, where was the excitement in being on this World Stage. #HORRIBLE

  9. Wow, I did not know that the Brewers were such an EMOTIONAL team for them to only win one game over the Cubs and then have a complete meltdown thereafter. After the Cubs vs Brewers best out of Brewers NEVER won another game. And here we are with the Coach now blaming the Brewers loss (SWEEP) against the Dodgers on the Emotional Cubs Series!! As a Cub fan, my whole family is laughing at you all. P.S. if any baseball fan did some research they would find that the Brewers only got to the top by playing 85% of the bottom of the barrel baseball teams. So HELL YEAH they are emotional when they had to play the CUBS who made them work for their win!

  10. Hey Brewers, it’s called karma, nice job on hoisting your “L flag” letting everyone know you’re going to lose (swept) by the Dodgers what an embarrassing series.

  15. Should not have hoisted the "L" flag! Bad Karma, Bad energy. The universe has a way of making things right. I thought Pat Murphy was a stand up guy but now after such a statement, never. Take the loss like a professionals. Blaming the Cubs series? Very unprofessional.

  16. Look as a cub fan o knew any team getting out of the ds was going to lose to the Dodgers, they're playoff built great pitching and hitting plus their starters are going to the 7+ and both chi and mil are throwing bullpen games lol that's not a world series formula there. Brew you played a great year, nothing to be ashamed of you played the best team in baseball by a long mile

  20. The Brewers lost 6 out of their last 7 games. If the series with the Cubs took that much of an "emotional" toll on them, then they were fragile to begin with.

  21. yes karma can play a role . bachi is bad karma. not sure what white flag meant… cubs Losers? and yes Padre bad karma by hitting Sho and last year taunting.

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