"Blake Treinen's first save of the postseason was hardly a memorable performance. He threw more balls than strikes. He walked the first batter he faced and nearly hit the second. And he got the final out on a pitch that was well out of the strike zone. But he did get the final out, preserving the Dodgers' 2-1 win over the Milwaukee Brewers in the opening game of the National League Championship Series on Monday."
""We've been putting in a lot of work to try to get some things in a better place with myself," Treinen said. "Today, I thought I executed almost every pitch." The fixes, he said, were simple mechanical tweaks that helped set up his pitches."
"In the Dodgers' World Series run last season, Treinen was as vicious as an ill-tempered Doberman, going 2-0 with three saves, a 2.19 ERA and 18 strikeouts in 12 1/3 innings. This year, not so much. In his first four playoff appearances more batters got a hit than struck out and five of the 12 men he faced reached base. That followed a disastrous September in which he went 1-5 with a 9.64 ERA."
Blake Treinen closed out a 2-1 Dodgers win in NLCS Game 1 despite throwing more balls than strikes, walking the first batter and nearly hitting the second. The final out came on a pitch well outside the strike zone, but the result preserved the opening-game victory. Treinen credited simple mechanical tweaks, catch-play and mound routine for helping his execution. The outing followed a poor September (1-5, 9.64 ERA) and shaky early playoff appearances this year, contrasting with a dominant World Series run last season. Milwaukee's Brice Turang nearly tied the game before the decisive out.
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