Brewers’ Jeffress thinks Dodgers were ‘lucky’ in scoring off him

After taking the loss in NLCS Game 2 against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Jeremy Jeffress had some interesting things to say about the poor outing.

The Milwaukee Brewers reliever entered Saturday’s game with a 3-1 lead in the seventh inning. He then proceeded to allow three runs to score (one on a bases-loaded walk to Austin Barnes and two an inning later on a go-ahead home run by Justin Turner) to give the Dodgers the ultimate 4-3 victory. After the game, Jeffress said that he thought the NL West winners were “lucky” in the runs that they scored off him, according to Joe Trezza of MLB.com.

Jeremy Jeffress has a theory for how the Dodgers scored their runs off him today. How Austin Barnes walked with the bases loaded, how Justin Turner hit his splitter for a go-ahead homer.

"Lucky," Jeffress called them.

— Joe Trezza (@JoeTrezz) October 14, 2018

The 31-year-old Jeffress had been fairly unhittable otherwise — he posted a microscopic 1.29 ERA on the season, good enough not only to make the All-Star team but also to cement himself as a featured attraction of Milwaukee’s vaunted bullpen.

Jeffress’ excellence was a major driving force behind the Brewers’ unique strategy of deploying their pitchers, but they may now have to rethink that approach if they are to bounce back and win the series, luck notwithstanding.