NLCS Game 7: Christian Yelich puts Brewers on board first, but Cody Bellinger responds with monster blast
The NL MVP frontrunner got things started early in Game 7 of the NLCS, and then the Dodgers answered
In Game 7 of the NLCS between the Dodgers and Brewers at Miller Park on Saturday, Milwaukee outfielder and NL MVP frontrunner Christian Yelich got the scoring started early with a first-inning home run off Walker Buehler ...
What slump? #Game7 pic.twitter.com/Os8N41Gc40
— MLB (@MLB) October 21, 2018
Yelich struggled through much of this series, but he finally showed signs of life in Game 6 with a walk and a well struck single. He stepped it up in the final contest of the series as you saw above. Also ...
Christian Yelich HR was on a Walker Buehler 98.4 mph fastball, the fastest pitch Yelich has hit a HR off in his career.
— Katie Sharp (@ktsharp) October 21, 2018
Not a cheap one, even though it just sneaked over the wall.
That gave the Brewers a 1-0 lead in the first. In the second, though, Cody Bellinger responded in a resounding way to the Dodgers their first lead of Game 7 ...
Cody CRUSH. #Game7 pic.twitter.com/kqpPIK9pBU
— MLB (@MLB) October 21, 2018
That was ... not a good pitch, and Bellinger didn't miss it. Some 425 feet later, the Dodgers had a 2-1 lead in Game 7. As for that not being a good pitch, it was a 90 mph sinker that didn't do much sinking, and Bellinger -- who has 64 home runs in 294 career games -- is very much equipped to handle such mistakes ...
Bellinger is slugging 1.011 on pitches middle-middle in his career.
— Inside Edge (@InsideEdgeScout) October 21, 2018
He puts the Dodgers on the board with his 2-run blast.
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