Milwaukee Brewers count on chemistry, pressure offense while awaiting NLDS opponent

Milwaukee Brewers count on chemistry, pressure offense while awaiting NLDS opponent

While other ballparks hosted wild-card games Tuesday, American Family Field remained quiet as the Milwaukee Brewers await their National League Division Series opponent. The team will face either the Chicago Cubs or the San Diego Padres on Saturday night.The Brewers spent the afternoon practicing inside the ballpark while watching Game 1 of the Cubs-Padres Wild Card Series on the Jumbotron.Despite finishing with the best record in baseball, ques…

Pat Murphy: Brewers 'lost the edge' after clinching. 'We need to turn it on.'

MILWAUKEE – While the MLB Wild Card Round gets underway Tuesday, the top-seeded Brewers will need to patient. The Crew begins their playoff run on Saturday at American Family Field, facing either the Chicago Cubs or San Diego Padres. In the meantime, the team will be back at the ballpark with some “intensity and intent,” according to manager Pat Murphy. “(Tuesday) gets a little uncomfortable. You gotta shake ’em up a little bit,” Murphy told WTM…

Brewers Skipper Pat Murphy Deploys Football Analogy To Explain Creative Lineup Switch Ahead Of Playoffs

For most of the year, the Milwaukee Brewers used Jackson Chourio or Sal Frelick in the leadoff spot. If not Chourio or Frelick, then Brice Turang. Not once all season had the lineup featured Christian Yelich there until game 1 of the Brewers’ series in San Diego to kick off the schedule’s final week. Since then, Yelich has hit there consistently despite being a rather unlikely choice among Pat Murphy’s choices. The team leader in home runs and R…