After losing one of their best offensive players to season-ending back surgery this week, the Milwaukee Brewers will need others to step up for their playoff run. Brice Turang is doing his part so far. Turang will try to help the Brewers win their fourth straight game when they oppose the visiting Cleveland Guardians on Saturday evening.
Turang contributed an RBI single up the middle as Milwaukee won 5-3 on Friday in the opener of a three-game series. The second baseman is 4-for-9 in the Brewers' three-game winning streak, which has coincided with the announcement that three-time All-Star outfielder Christian Yelich is done for the year. Yelich underwent back surgery on Friday.
Brewers manager Pat Murphy said of Turang, "He understands where his flight plan is, 'These are the balls I have to hit. When I'm rolling over to second, or hitting fly balls up too high, that's not me.' "That particular at-bat, the base hit up the middle, was just like he scripted it.
He talked about it, 'Hey, lay off high fastballs, this guy's going to throw me something soft and go up the middle and I'm going to be able to get through it.' " Willy Adames also continues to do his part, blasting his 22nd home run of the season on Friday, his league-leading 10th three-run shot of the season. Cleveland plans to send Tanner Bibee to the mound on Saturday in an attempt to stem Milwaukee's winning streak.
The Guardians are 18-5 in games that Bibee starts this season, most recently posting a 5-3 win against.