Starting Peralta an easy choice for Brewers
ATLANTA — For Craig Counsell, the decision to have Freddy Peralta start Monday’s Game 3 of the NL Division Series for the Milwaukee Brewers against the Atlanta Braves was easy.
The manager said he considered no other options.
The best-of-five series is tied at one game apiece, putting pressure on Peralta and Braves starter Ian Anderson to give his team the edge.
It will be Peralta’s first postseason start.
Peralta won his only start against the Braves this season, pitching six scoreless innings in a 10-9 win at Milwaukee on May 16. The righthander was 10-5 with a 2.81 ERA in the
regular season.
Anderson, 23, has the edge over Peralta in postseason experience. He is 2-0 with a 0.96 ERA in four postseason games. He started in Game 7 of last season’s NL Championship
Series loss to the Dodgers, allowing two runs in three innings.
Anderson was 9-5 with a 3.58 ERA this season. A highlight came when he took a no-hitter into the seventh inning of a 5-1 win at Milwaukee on May 15.
Wood takes ball against old team
Alex Wood is coming home to start Game 3 of the NL Division Series at Dodger Stadium. For the Giants.
The ex-dodgers pitcher gets the ball Monday night against Los Angeles ace Max Scherzer with the best-of-five series tied at a game apiece.
Wood was a key member of the Dodgers’ bullpen in their run to the World Series championship last year. In January, he signed with the rival Giants.
Wood was 10-4 with a 3.83 ERA in 26 regularseason starts.
The Giants won 4-0 in Game 1, and the Dodgers’ bats came alive in Game 2 to produce a 9-2 victory.
Nats shaking up coaching staff
For the second straight autumn, the Washington Nationals are reshaping their major league coaching staff.
Bob Henley and Randy Knorr will not be on it in 2022, according to a person familiar with the changes, though they will remain with the organization in player development roles.
Bench coach Tim Bogar, hitting coach Kevin Long, pitching coach Jim Hickey, bullpen coach Henry Blanco and assistant hitting coach Pat Roessler have been extended opportunities to return in their current positions.