Hear Misiorowski talk about staying positive despite the Brewers 3-game deficit in the NLCS
Hear Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Jacob Misiorowski talk about staying positive despite the Brewers 3-game deficit in the NLCS.
Jimmy Rollins had advice for all the struggling hitters in Milwaukee’s lineup.
Keep it simple. Swing at strikes.
The Brewers have just 18 hits in their last five postseason games and while they were able to hold off the Chicago Cubs in the National League Division Series, their dormant bats have put them in a deep 3-0 hole in the NL Championship Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
If the Brewers are to stave off playoff elimination on Oct. 17, they’re going to have to figure out a way to score more than the one run they’ve scored in each of their three losses.
When asked on the TBS Pregame Show how the Brewers can improve on their .101 batting average in the series, Rollins said it was all about staying in the strike zone
“You look for pitches in the hitting zone,” Rollins said. “When it’s 100 (miles an hour) or when it’s a breaking ball, there’s a big green light when you swing.
“In the first two games against the Cubs, they were getting doubles, they were getting singles and then all of the sudden the power came into it and it seems like they fell in love with the power They haven’t gone back to playing small ball. If you’re gonna take big swings, especially the way these guys have been pitching, it’s gonna be a long night. But if they hunt in the zone and don’t miss they’ll have a chance.”
Rollins added that the Brewers needed to make more contact.
“The Brewers have shown a propensity to swing and miss which is not in their nature,” Rollins said.
Fellow analyst Curtis Granderson said the Dodgers have been making it harder on the Brewers’ offense because they are getting a high dose of spin from Los Angeles pitchers.
“The Brewers have been getting the majority of their hits on fastballs,” he said. “A majority of Ohtani’s pitches are non-fastballs. So it’s a matter of how much offspeed stuff he goes to and will the Brewers be able to adjust.”
Though Rollins said he thought the Brewers looked confident in the clubhouse before Game 4, he didn’t see them forcing a Game 5.
“I don’t see it,” Rollins said.