The Milwaukee Brewers have set the standard that regular season success against the Los Angeles Dodgers is expected.

Obviously they can't win every game, but it sure felt like that was a possibility against a Dodgers team that has their number in the postseason.

Robert Gasser was caught tipping pitches on Saturday, May 23, in a brutal 11-3 loss that humbled the Brewers.

In a game that saw their pitching staff issue 11 walks, back-to-back National League Manager of the Year Pat Murphy wasn't happy with his squad, nor should he have been.

"Five free bases in four innings, that's not it," Murphy said in regard to Gasser's performance. "He knows better, and hopefully it'll be better."

That said, Murphy did say, "I thought Gass did a really nice job, better than his previous outing... But there are some things to work on, obviously."

One of those things is tipping pitches, something that simply can't happen against the defending two-time World Series champions. 

"There’s a huge emphasis on making sure they can’t get your signs from second base,” Murphy added. “Pitchers have to be able to not give away anything. It’s gotten to be a science. Every team does it. We do it. Some teams do it less subtle than others. He got caught up and gave away some pitches, and it ended up hurting him.”

Jumping out to a 3-0 lead is one thing, but holding onto it is another. Milwaukee was out-hit, 10-5, in yet another game that saw them get hot early. Every team in the league would love a three-run cushion on the Dodgers, but that doesn't mean anything if the bats go silent the rest of the game.

Hunter Baumgardt pointed out the fact the Brewers have scored eight runs on 12 hits in the first and second inning in this series. From the third to ninth inning, they have just two hits and haven't scored a single run.

Tipping pitches absolutely needs to be addressed, but this pitching staff can only do so much. Issuing 11 walks is not setting the team up for success, but neither is recording just two hits in the final 13 innings of these last two games.

Murphy has a track record of getting the Brewers in a position to succeed, no matter how poorly they looked the game prior, but things aren't always that easy when the Dodgers are on the other side.

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