Brewers player ripped for avoiding hit-by-pitch that would have tied game: ‘All he had to do was stand there’

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When Brice Turang moved out of the way of a 1-2 breaking ball Monday night, just about everyone watching thought to themselves, “Wear it.”

The bases were loaded for the Milwaukee Brewers with the tying run on third in the bottom of the ninth. Had Turang not moved out of the way, the Brewers very likely would have tied the game.

But instincts got to him, and one pitch later, Turang swung at a ball out of the zone to give the Los Angeles Dodgers a 1-0 lead in the National League Championship Series.

Social media users, most of whom have never seen an 85 mph sweeper at their legs, were quick to call out Turang for the supposed brain fart.

“All he had to do was stand there and not move,” wrote one X user.

Another critic called it “probably the