Dodgers Star Gives Blunt Assessment After Falling 3-0 Down in NLCS: "Game Like s---"
Max Muncy's candid locker-room quote sums up the Los Angeles Dodgers' NLCS fight, as back-to-back games in Milwaukee closed the 3-0 gap.
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Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts spoke to the media following his team's Game 3 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers.
The hardest hit the Los Angeles Dodgers took on Wednesday came in the locker room, not on the field.
After the Dodgers lost 6-2 to the Milwaukee Brewers in Game 3 at Dodger Stadium, their third straight loss in the NLCS, All-Star third baseman Max Muncie did something he has yet to do in this series: knock one out of the park.
"It's a very simple answer. We're playing like s---, they're playing great. Simple as that," Muncie told reporters after the game.
The burly third baseman is one of several Dodgers stars to slump this postseason, as he is just 4-for-21. However, Muncie has made the most of his hits as three of them have gone for home runs.
Unfortunately for the Dodgers, all three of those home runs came in the NLDS. In their three losses to the Brewers in the NLCS, they have yet to hit a home run and have struggled to get a big hit. In the postseason, the Dodgers are just 3-for-32 with runners in scoring position.
They finally got a clutch hit in the sixth inning on Wednesday when catcher Will Smith hit a ball over the wall in left-center field to drive in two runs and put the Dodgers up 2-1. However, Brewers reliever DL Hall came on and retired the next two batters, preventing the game from continuing.
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The Dodgers' lead was short-lived, as Jake Bowers hit a two-run home run in the top of the seventh after an epic battle with Blake Snell to give the Brewers a 3-2 lead. Center fielder Garrett Mitchell followed Bauer's blast with a single, driving Snell deep on a solo home run to give the Brewers a 4-2 lead.
The Dodgers' bats went quiet and went down in order after the Brewers took the lead, retiring nine consecutive batters to end the game.
With the loss, the Dodgers' quest for a third straight World Series title seems further away than ever, as they fall 3-0. If they continue to play like Mansi has rightly described, their dreams of making history could disappear on Thursday.
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