Brewers’ Brice Turang addresses his costly mistake in Game 1 loss

Milwaukee Brewers second baseman Brice Turang was a bruised thigh away from tying Game 1 of the NLCS on Monday against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Turang made the final out as the Dodgers escaped a bases-loaded jam in the ninth inning to secure a 2-1 win over the Brewers in front of a stunned crowd at American Family Field in Milwaukee, Wis. Turang struck out on a high heater that flew several inches above the zone.

But it was the game’s penultimate pitch that had Turang feeling immense regret after the game. The 25-year-old got out of the way of what would have been a game-tying hit-by-pitch. A downtrodden Turang spoke about his at-bat after the game.

“It sucks. It is what it is. Natural reaction to kind of get out of the way,” the Brewers infielder told reporters. “I mean, there’s nothing I can do. I can’t go back.

“I was looking up at the top of the zone for the sinker-sweeper that he’s thrown, and he threw me a four-seamer, and it took off. Yeah, it is what it is.”