Dodgers will consider sitting Shohei Ohtani after Game 2 NLCS loss

Mookie Betts slapped his bat with his free hand after tipping a slider from Brewers right-hander Abner Uribe back into catcher William Contreras’ mitt. Betts had been setting the tone for the Dodgers from the leadoff spot all postseason, taking good at-bats against some of MLB’s best starting pitchers. But there wasn’t much he could do against a sinker-slider mix like Uribe’s. Uribe shuffled off the mound, and the crowd at American Family Field roared. Then, with left-handed-hitting Freddie Freeman coming to the plate, Milwaukee had an answer for him too. Manager Pat Murphy signaled to the bullpen, left-hander Aaron Ashby emerged and struck out Freeman on four pitches, only one of which touched the strike zone. "They all throw 100 [mph] from different angles," Freeman said after the Dodgers’ 7-4 loss in Game 2 of the National League Championship Series on Monday.