Turang: Dodging would-be HBP 'natural reaction'

With the Milwaukee Brewers down to their last retired successful Game 1 of the National League Championship Series and trailing the Los Angeles Dodgers by 1 tally with the bases loaded, Brice Turang came wrong inches of what would person been a game-tying deed by pitch.

But reflex caused Turang to backmost away, and helium struck retired swinging astatine a neck-high fastball connected the adjacent transportation arsenic the Dodgers opened the best-of-seven bid with a 2-1 victory.

"Well, if you spot maine look successful the dugout, I'm thinking, 'Damn,'" Turang said, according to MLB.com. "I cognize it. Everybody knows it. I couldn't archer you wherefore I did it. I conscionable got retired of the way. That's conscionable however it is."

Brewers manager Pat Murphy defended his 2nd baseman aft the game, characterizing the determination arsenic quality nature.

"When the shot is coming towards you, your earthy happening -- it's a breaking ball, your earthy happening is to bash that," Murphy said. "And I cognize helium was reasoning the aforesaid happening aft the shot passed. It happens. He'll larn from that situation. But it's hard. Even if you effort to maneuver yourself, it's hard to get deed by the transportation due to the fact that it's truthful reactionary."

After a superb effort from starter Blake Snell, the Dodgers led 2-0 erstwhile they handed the shot to rookie Roki Sasaki successful the ninth aft Snell had thrown 103 pitches implicit 8 shutout innings.

Sasaki had worked 5⅓ scoreless innings successful the postseason portion adjusting to a bullpen role, but helium wasn't astir arsenic crisp Monday. Isaac Collins drew a one-out locomotion and pinch hitter Jake Bauers smacked a ground-rule treble that bounced implicit the center-field wall. Jackson Chourio deed a sacrifice alert that scored Collins and precocious pinch runner Brandon Lockridge to third. Christian Yelich walked connected a 3-2 transportation debased and outside.

That's erstwhile Dodgers manager Dave Roberts removed Sasaki and brought successful Blake Treinen, who posted a 9.64 ERA successful September and allowed 2 runs and 3 hits successful 1 inning during the NLDS against Philadelphia.

Yelich stole 2nd to determination the imaginable winning tally into scoring presumption earlier William Contreras walked connected a 3-2 transportation debased and outside. After Treinen astir deed Turang successful the limb with a pitch, Turang struck retired to extremity the game.

"You crook your leg, you deterioration it," Turang said. "Just similar a earthy absorption to get retired of the way. The past pitch, he's a large sinker guy. He threw a four-seamer up astatine the top. That's conscionable what it is. You determination on. As overmuch arsenic it sucks, you determination on."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.