Brice

Turang

Brewers manager Pat Murphy is going to shake things up when they face Dodgers ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto after his club was limited to just one run on two hits by Dodgers starter Blake Snell in Monday’s series opener. Bauers came off the bench to deliver a ground-rule double in the ninth inning against high-leverage reliever Roki Sasaki and will draw his second start of the postseason in this one. Here’s the full lineup: Jackson Chourio (RF), Brice Turang (2B), William Contreras (C), Christian Yelich (DH), Andrew Vaughn (1B), Sal Frelick (CF), Caleb Durbin (3B), Bauers (LF) and Joey Ortiz (SS).

Chourio gets the nod in the leadoff spot over veteran Christian Yelich as Milwaukee’s top-of-the-order table-setter to face Dodgers lefty ace Blake Snell to kick off the extended best-of-seven series at American Family Field. The 21-year-old franchise cornerstone told reporters his right hamstring is feeling close to full strength again after aggravating the issue during last week’s NLDS opener against the Cubs. Here’s the full lineup: Chourio (RF), Christian Yelich (DH), William Contreras (C), Brice Turang (2B), Andrew Vaughn (1B), Sal Frelick (CF), Caleb Durbin (3B), Isaac Collins (LF) and Joey Ortiz (SS).

Chourio remains in Milwaukee’s lineup for Thursday night’s potential series-clinching contest at Wrigley Field despite battling a lingering right hamstring issue that hasn’t adversely impacted his availability throughout the best-of-five series. Blake Perkins is back in center field over Brandon Lockridge with Andrew Vaughn at first base over Jake Bauers to face Cubs veteran lefty Matthew Boyd: Here’s the full lineup: Christian Yelich (DH), Chourio (LF), William Contreras (C), Brice Turang (2B), Vaughn (1B), Caleb Durbin (3B), Sal Frelick (RF), Perkins (CF) and Joey Ortiz (SS).

Contreras is good to go after missing a handful of games at the conclusion of the regular season with a lingering left hand issue. The other notable development for Milwaukee is manager Pat Murphy sticking with lefties Brice Turang and Christian Yelich near the top of the order with southpaw Matthew Boyd taking the ball for Chicago in this one. Here’s the full lineup: Jackson Chourio (LF), Turang (2B), Contreras (C), Yelich (DH), Andrew Vaughn (1B), Sal Frelick (RF), Caleb Durbin (3B), Blake Perkins (CF) and Joey Ortiz (SS).

Turang’s big power surge seems to have come to an end; he last homered two weeks ago and that’s his only homer in 82 plate appearances over his last 20 games. Still, he’s remained effective for the Brewers in hitting .293/.391/.427 this month.

Turang had been 0-for-4 with a pair of strikeouts through the first nine innings but was still able to play the role of hero with his RBI knock off of JoJo Romero that put the Brewers ahead in the top half of the 10th. He has had a terrific overall season at the plate, slashing .286/.356/.436 with 18 homers, 77 RBI and 24 stolen bases.

Turang came through with a go-ahead RBI single off of Luis Garcia in the seventh inning that put the Brewers ahead to stay. He then raced around to score on an RBI double off the bat of Christian Yelich. Turang is having an outstanding season for the Brewers, slashing .289/.359/.440 with 18 homers, 76 RBI and 24 stolen bases in 624 plate appearances.

The Brewers opened the first with back-to-back homers from Turang and Jackson Chourio. Christian Yelich then followed with an 111-mph rocket to center that was run down by Michael Helman. As it turned out, it was the latter event that set the tone for the rest of the game. Turang is up to 18 homers, 12 of which have come in his last 36 games. He totaled 19 homers in his previous 397 games as a major leaguer.

Turang singled and scored in the first inning. The 25-year-old second baseman’s two-run single in the third inning put the Brewers up 9-1. Turang has a hit in 23 of his last 28 games. He’s hitting .293 with an .809 OPS and 73 RBI on the year.

Turang’s home run was his 16th of the year. He hit a solo shot off Max Scherzer in the third inning. Turang has hit 10 home runs and driven in 24 runs in the month of August. He hit seven home runs in 155 games last year. Turang is hitting .287 with a .787 OPS and 68 RBI this year.