Braun ruins Dodgers' strategy in Brewers' 5-0 win
by Jorge Castillo, Los Angeles Times
Apr 21, 2019
3 minutes
MILWAUKEE - The Los Angeles Dodgers had seen Christian Yelich torment them enough so they opted to try something different in the seventh inning Saturday. With a runner at second base and first base vacant, they intentionally walked the Milwaukee Brewers' sizzling slugger. It didn't matter that they had left-hander Caleb Ferguson on the mound to face the left-handed-hitting Yelich with Ryan Braun, a right-handed batter, on deck. They preferred to face the veteran Braun, who was three for his last 37, than to grant Yelich another chance to play home run derby after
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