You can’t win if you don’t score, and outside of one mighty swing of the bat in game one of this NLDS, the Milwaukee Brewers haven’t done any scoring. That trend continued into Monday afternoon’s game three against the Atlanta Braves, putting our local big league nine into a precarious position.
Freddy Peralta and Ian Anderson posted dueling zeroes across the first four innings to begin this game; Peralta yielding just three singles and one walk while punching out five batters on 57 pitches. In his final inning, he escaped a two-outs and runner on third situation, which only occurred after Lorenzo Cain nearly made a highlight-reel catch, only to drop the ball when he hit the ground after colliding with the outfield wall.