CHICAGO -- Here’s one from out of left field. Or, center field, as it were.

Brandon Lockridge was the Brewers’ starting center fielder for Game 3 of the National League Division Series.

Before Wednesday’s start in a potential postseason series clincher against the Cubs at Wrigley Field, Lockridge hadn’t started a Major League game since Aug. 28 against the D-backs. He hadn’t taken an at-bat in a Major League game since Aug. 29. He was optioned to the Minors on Aug. 30 and spent the final month with Triple-A Nashville.

But the 28-year-old, acquired from the Padres when the Brewers unloaded left-hander Nestor Cortes at the Trade Deadline , was included on Milwaukee’s NLDS roster primarily -- it was thought -- for potential pinch-running situations and for late-inning defense . That h

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