MILWAUKEE -- The Brewers were able to bullpen their way through two of the five games of their NLDS triumph over the Cubs thanks to off-days between Games 1 and 2, 2 and 3 and 4 and 5. Such is the current state of Milwaukee’s pitching, even coming off a first-round bye.

Now the club faces an entirely different challenge against the Dodgers in the NLCS. It’s a best-of-seven series this time, with only two days off. It presents “a huge challenge,” said manager Pat Murphy, and that’s before you even think about the hitters in L.A.’s lineup.

Asked how they would get through it, Brewers starter Quinn Priester simplified things.

“Just by pitching and playing baseball,” he said. “You can go into it with a plan, and then something happens in the first inning and that plan is out the window. W

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