Brewers’ perfect relief innings and Rays’ unearned runs may show early LCS games turning on what happens after the starter

Milwaukee leads the NLCS 2-0; in Game 2 four relievers threw five perfect innings, and ESPN said Brewers relievers have allowed one earned run in 28⅔ postseason innings. Tampa Bay evened the ALCS 1-1 on three unearned runs after a José Ramírez error, the AP reported. Read together, and in our speculative reading, they may show early LCS games turning on what happens after the starter.

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