For the second consecutive NLCS recreation, Jake Bauers has delivered.
The s first baseman labored a 12-pitch at-bat in Sport 2 on Monday, fouling off six straight pitches from s starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto earlier than taking ball 4 to load the bases with two outs. Christian Yelich then ripped a go-ahead RBI single into heart subject. The Brewers went on to win Sport 2 7-4.
There was an amazing sense of deja vu y.
Blake Snell had been dealing, retiring 14 Brewers batters in a row after o on the primary pitch of the sport. That streak ended when he walked Andrew Vaughn to steer off the highest of the seventh. Enter Bauers. The 31-year-old fouled off 5 pitches from Snell, probably the most harmful of which was a tough liner on a dangling slider that he pulled simply foul to proper earlier than it may clear the stands.
Snell obtained away with that one. The subsequent pitch, the eleventh of the at-bat, nonetheless, a 97.8 mph fastball in the very same location, could be a unique story.
Bauers obtained all of it, driving the ball 412 toes to proper subject for a no-doubt, go-ahead residence run.
Garrett Mitchell added on with a 428-footer of his personal two pitches later, placing an finish to the previous Cy Younger winner's evening because the Brewers took a late 4-2 lead on the Dodgers.
This text initially appeared on USA TODAY: s
