DENVER -- With a chance to complete a three-game sweep on Sunday at Coors Field, the Brewers hope they won't have to worry about picking a starting pitcher for Monday's if-necessary National League Division Series Game 4.
Manager Craig Counsell said Sunday afternoon that the Brewers would wait to see how Game 3 played out before naming a Game 4 starter.
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"We've got a couple different plans in place, and we've got a couple different ways to go, depending on how today's game kind of unfolds," Counsell said. "And then that'll predicate what we're going to do tomorrow."
Milwaukee could replicate its Game 1 strategy by designating an "initial out-getter" and pitching a bullpen game. Right-handers Brandon Woodruff and Corbin Burnes, who both pitched multiple innings in Game 1, were available out of the bullpen on Sunday. Counsell said Burnes was "certainly" part of the mix for Game 3 while Woodruff "could be involved."
The Brewers also could turn to right-hander Freddy Peralta, who beat the Rockies twice this season. Peralta struck out 13 and allowed only one hit over 5 2/3 innings during his Major League debut at Coors Field on May 13. He held Colorado to two runs on two hits while striking out eight over six innings at Miller Park on Aug. 4.
"Look, Freddy made this roster because of the success he's had against this team, and he's got a good thought to go back on in this ballpark," Counsell said. "So he's definitely a name you've got circled in these next two games. How we end up using him or where it comes out, I don't know.
"I don't really have a specific plan for Freddy. But the way these games will unfold, I'm pretty certain that he's going to be part of one of these games."
After starting right-hander German Marquez on Sunday, the Rockies have lined up ace lefty Kyle Freeland for Game 4.