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The Rundown: Yelich Needs Help Facing Darvish, Next Set with Cards Stretching to 6 Games, Betts Goes Big

Gee, it looks as though Christian Yelich and the Brewers weren’t quite up the task of facing Yu Darvish Thursday night at Wrigley. Away from the cozy confines and ideal lighting of Miller Park, the former MVP saw his average dip to .167 after an 0-for-3 night. But hey, at least he didn’t account for any of the 11 strikeouts Darvish posted on the evening.

“He had really good command of his offspeed stuff,” David Ross said. “The breaking ball was working, the slider, the cutter in on those lefties was going in deep.