He probably should have taken one for the team.

Brewers second baseman Brice Turang stepped up to the plate with the bases loaded and two outs in the ninth inning against Dodgers closer Blake Treinen when the right-hander’s sweeper burrowed down in and near his ankles and into his own batter’s box.

Turang avoided the pitch as it nearly nicked his knee and would have forced in the game-tying run.

Brice Turang avoids a pitch that would've tied the game and then swings at a pitch way out of the zone to end it pic.twitter.com/JkJYyASY5D — Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) October 14, 2025

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On the very next pitch, Turang swung at a 99 mph fastball well above the zone to end the game and give the Dodgers a 2-1 win and a 1-0 series lead in the NLCS.

After the game, Turang acknowle

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