Take two: Brewers’ Miley back on hill vs. Dodgers

Wade Miley, take two.

And this time, the Milwaukee Brewers lefthander figures to seeing more than one batter in his next start in the NL Championship Series.

It comes on Friday night when Miley will try to help the Brewers stave off elimination, down 32 to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Miley goes back to the hill two days after being lifted after facing leadoff hitter Cody Bellinger in Game 5 in a designed move by manager Craig Counsell. The Dodgers are going with lefthander HyunJin Ryu in a rematch of the Game 2 starters.

“I think I’ll be fine. Just got to go out and make pitches,” Miley said at Dodger Stadium after the Brewers fell 52 Wednesday.

The last pitcher to start backtoback games in the same postseason series was George Earnshaw of the Philadelphia Athletics in the 1930 World Series, according to STATS. Earnshaw tossed seven shutout innings in Game 5 before pitching a complete game two days later, allowing one run in a win that took the series.

Counsell explained that the unconventional move was an effort to get the best matchups. The Dodgers led off with leftyhitting Clay Bellinger before going with three straight righthanders in the lineup.

They had one other lefty in the starting lineup, power hitter Max Muncy.

Results were mixed. Los Ange les was held scoreless until the fourth, then broke through with five runs over the next three innings to move within one win of a return trip to the World Series.

This was the latest extension of the Brewers’ pitchingbycommittee strategy in the postseason. Milwaukee is playing to one of its strengths, which is a deep, hardthrowing bullpen.

When asked, Counsell said that he didn’t think that lifting Miley after one batter broke down baseball norms or trust between opposing manager.

He pointed to teams using pinchhitters to replace a starter after just one atbat, similar to what Dodgers manager Dave Roberts has done with the righthanded hitting David Freese and Muncy at first base. Friday: Brewers 6, Dodgers 5 Saturday: Dodgers 4, Brewers 3 Monday: Brewers 4, Dodgers 0 Tuesday: Dodgers 2, Brewers 1, 13 innings

Wednesday: Dodgers 5, Brewers 2 Friday: Los Angeles at Milwaukee, 6:39 p.m. xSaturday: Los Angeles at Milwaukee, 7:09 p.m.

“We’re using our roster, we’re using our full roster, I think that’s what all teams are doing in the playoffs,” Counsell said Thursday, a day off as the series shifts back to Miller Park.