Sal

Frelick

Frelick missed some time in early August due to soreness in his knee and it’s an issue that bothered him on-and-off throughout the remainder of the season. Fortunately, recent imaging came back unremarkable. The 25-year-old outfielder is expected to have a normal offseason without any restrictions.

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).

Yelich has been moved up to the top of Milwaukee’s batting order with Jackson Chourio hitting fifth and Sal Frelick moved down to the fifth spot. The 33-year-old has been on a roll lately, batting .296 (8-for-27) with one homer and four RBI over his last seven games.

Frelick clobbered a 422-foot (104.4 mph EV) solo shot off of Sonny Gray to open the third inning, pulling the Brewers to within a run at 2-1. That would be their only run in the ballgame. Frelick has been a terrific catalyst atop the Brewers’ lineup this season, slashing .295/.361/.417 with 12 long balls, 62 RBI and 19 stolen bases in 567 plate appearances.

The Brewers enjoyed a five-run rally with two outs in the second inning on a single by Blake Perkins and then the three-run home run from Frelick which put this game out of reach early. While that was only his 11th home run of the season, he also has 19 stolen bases and a .296 batting average to complete an impressive stat line for the third year outfielder.

Frelick hit seventh against a left-hander once last week, but other than that, he’d led off every game he’d started since June 11, and he’s hit .301/.358/.445 with 32 runs scored in 42 games while batting first. Still, the Brewers obviously needed to shake things up in the midst of a one-game losing streak. Brice Turang, who opened the season as the leadoff man against righties, is leading off today. If the changes sticks, Turang gets a value boost and Frelick becomes more of a fringe option in shallow leagues.

You get to lead off the following contest when you slug a go-ahead homer to propel your club to their 14th consecutive victory. Those are the rules. Monasterio bumps up to the top spot with Sal Frelick getting the day off with lefty Andrew Abbott toeing the rubber for Cincinnati.