Brewers sweep the Rockies, advance to the 1st NLCS since 2011
Brewers sweep the Rockies, advance to the 1st NLCS since 2011
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The 38-year-old receiver, a street official, looked to his left and saw his fellow Milwaukee Brewers coming out of the dugout. Erik Kratz then looked straight ahead and saw his reliever standing alone.
Then he left for Josh Hader to give him "the strongest hug ... because you celebrate all your celebrations, because you never know if you will receive another," Kratz said.
Wade Miley pitched masterfully in the fifth inning before handing him over to a bullpen in Milwaukee, Kratz kept up his torrid batting and the Brewers beat the Colorado Rockies 6-0 in Game 3 on a cold, foggy Sunday to sweep their Division NL. Series.
The Brewers won 11 consecutive games in the regular season and advanced to their first National League Championship Series since 2011. They will play the winner of the Dodgers-Braves series, starting on Friday at Miller Park, by the time the game begins, will have Han Almost three weeks have passed since Milwaukee lost.
"One at a time, man, that's what we've been saying, one at a time," said National League Most Valuable Player candidate Christian Yelich. "Focus on the now."
Between sprays of sparkling wine inside the clubhouse, a chant was raised for Yelich: "M-V-P! M-V-P!"
No wonder, after the season he had.
But then the team started singing the same thing for Kratz.
"That could be the champagne talking," Kratz snapped.
With manager Craig Counsell doing all the right moves, the Milwaukee pitching team held Nolan Arenado, Trevor Story and the bruises of the Rockies in a combined total of two runs and 14 hits in the series. Of the 28 entries in the match, Colorado scored in only one of them.
"The story of the series for us was undoubtedly our launch," Counsell said.
It has been that way for a couple of weeks, including Milwaukee's 3-1 victory over the Cubs at Wrigley Field last Monday in the National League Central playoff. The next day, the Rockies beat the Cubs 2-1 in 13 innings to win the wild card game.
Making her postseason debut, Miley hardened the elements (she wore short sleeves when the temperature was 46 degrees) and it was even harder for the Rockies hitters. The cunning southpaw allowed three hits in 4 2/3 innings.
A procession of five Brewers relievers allowed one to hit the rest of the way. With two on, Hader got Ian Desmond to fly to finish the ninth and start a celebration on the field.
Kratz, the first to greet Hader, made his second postseason start and finished 3-for-4 with a double. Acquired from the New York Yankees in May for a player to be named, Kratz is making a big name in the playoffs. It was 5 by 8 in the series.
"I really feel like I've played my last game in the last 12 years because the game does not owe anything to anyone," Kratz said. "When you understand that you appreciate these times more than anything else."
Orlando Arcia and Keon Broxton hit back-to-back homers in the ninth inning of Wade Davis to put the score at 6-0 and finish with any kind of drama. Jesús Aguilar had a solo shot in fourth place against the German Marquez that Counsell predicted.
The Brewers manager said Saturday: "Aggie is going to hit a home run in the playoffs, a big home run with guys at the base, I promise."
Of course, it was not with the men at the base. But it was still big and gave the Brewers a 2-0 lead.
That was more than enough against a Colorado offense that was eliminated twice in the series and hit .146 against the miserly Milwaukee pitching. The three stars of Colorado, Story, Arenado and Charlie Blackmon, finished the series with five combined hits.
"We got into the dance, we fought, but we may not have played the best way," said Rockies manager Bud Black. "Part of that is the opposition, how they played."
This is how well the Brewers did on the rainy day: they scored twice in the sixth without a hit, one in a balk and another in a wild pitch, with Kratz entering the house for the second race.
Miley, 31, suffered a bumpy season that saw him suffer a groin injury in March and then lost two months with right oblique tension. He bottled the Rockies with a cutter, a curve and an effective change.
Marquez made five innings and allowed two runs before being lifted for a pinch hitter. He got the start over Denver native Kyle Freeland, whose 2.40 at Coors Field this season was the lowest mark for a starter in the history of the franchise.
"Everyone wants to be the guy who takes the ball or has a big at-bat or makes a great play on the field," Freeland said. "Unfortunately, we could not get a win, it stinks a bit that I could not throw here at home."
THIS WHAT
Sandblasting was wearing a ski mask at the end of the game due to the cool conditions. ... DE Carlos Gonzalez lost the grip of his bat in the ninth and finished on the screen of the Rockies dugout. ... The Rockies have lost 11 of their last 13 postseason games.
COAT BATS
The Rockies finished 1 of 17 with runners in scoring position.
"You saw a lot of guys chasing bad throws, including me," said outfielder Carlos Gonzalez. "We were anxious, but at the same time, they have a great staff there, their bullpen did a tremendous job."
UNTIL NEXT TIME
Brewers: wait for the winner of the Braves-Dodgers series in the NLCS.
Rockies: That's a summary until 2019, when the season starts March 28-31 with a series of four games in Miami.
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