LOS ANGELES (AP) — Infielder Jonathan Schoop is getting his first start for the Milwaukee Brewers in Game 4 of the NL Championship Series
against the Los Angeles Dodgers.He is hitting sixth on Tuesday. Schoop replaces
Travis Shaw
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first start since the opener and will hit seventh, replacing veteran Erik
Kratz.Catcher Austin Barnes returns to the Dodgers’ lineup in place of Yasmani
Grandal, who has struggled on offense and defense. Barnes also started Game 2 in
Milwaukee.Enrique Hernandez moves to center field and is hitting sixth for Los
Angeles after making three consecutive starts at second base. Brian Dozier gets
his first start of the series at second base and will hit fifth.Left fielder
Chris Taylor is back in the leadoff position for the Dodgers, where he was in
Games 1 and 2. Center fielder Joc Pederson hit first in Game 3, his first and so
far only start of the series.Gio Gonzalez takes the mound for the Brewers
against fellow lefty Rich Hill for the Dodgers. NEW YORK — The San Francisco
Giants hope a fluky victory Monday night will jumpstart a stagnant offense and
fuel an unlikely run back into the playoff race. The New York Mets hope the
agonizing hard-luck defeat won’t send them back into a familiar funk.The Giants
will look to start a winning streak when they visit the Mets on Tuesday night
for the second contest of a four-game series at Citi Field.The Giants snapped a
four-game losing streak by earning a 2-1, 13-inning win Monday
Roy Oswalt Jersey , when Andrew McCutchen scored from third base with two outs in the 13th after Brandon Crawford’s pop-up was dropped by Mets shortstop Amed
Rosario as he was hit from behind by left fielder Dominic Smith.Article
continues below ...Giants right-hander Chris Stratton (8-7, 5.52 ERA) will be
recalled from Triple-A Sacramento prior to the game and is scheduled to oppose
Mets left-hander Steven Matz (5-10, 4.60).The win Monday kept flickering playoff
hopes alive for the Giants (62-64), who are seven games behind in the race for
the second wild card in the National League. Any chances of moving back into
contention rest on a revival of an offense that has produced 11 runs in the last
five games and stranded four runners in scoring position in the first 11 innings
against the Mets.“It’s a great feeling,” Giants manager Bruce Bochy said
afterward. “You’re in extra innings, you’re trying to score any way you can and
we got a break. They collided
http://www.astrosfanproshop.com/authentic-carlos-lee-jersey , knocked the ball out and you take it.”Any playoff hopes for the Mets ended
during a June in which they went 5-21. New York (54-70) has been playing better
of late and entered Monday with eight wins in its last 12 games and the most
runs in the NL (111) since Aug. 1.But the Mets, who are averaging the fewest
runs of any team at home (3.21 runs per game), stranded 10 runners, including
two apiece in the 11th and 12th before the collision between Smith, a converted
first baseman, and Rosario.“It’s an easy play for our team and we messed it
up
J.R. Richard Jersey , communication-wise,” Mets manager Mickey Callaway said. “We cost ourselves the game tonight with little things.”Stratton and Matz
will be looking to recapture their first-half form Tuesday.Stratton will be
pitching for the Giants for the first time since Aug. 3, when he took the loss
after allowing six runs over three innings as the Giants fell to the Arizona
Diamondbacks 6-3. He is 0-2 with a 14.14 ERA in his last four appearances (three
starts) dating back to June 28, a stretch in which his overall ERA rose from
4.14 to 5.52 and he was sent to Sacramento twice.However, in his most recent
Triple-A stint, Stratton went 2-0 in two starts while allowing two runs over 13
innings. He has never faced the Mets.Matz
http://www.astrosfanproshop.com/authentic-jose-altuve-jersey , who missed the first 15 days of the month because of a flexor pronator strain in
his left arm, returned from the disabled list Thursday, when he took the loss
after allowing six runs (four earned) over two innings as the Mets fell to the
Philadelphia Phillies, 9-6. He is 1-3 with a 13.18 ERA dating back to July 21, a
stretch in which his overall ERA has risen from 3.38 to 4.60.Matz won his lone
career start and appearance against the Giants on April 29, 2016
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