Elise Menaker

It's just a really good combination.

When you talk to him, this is just a player who it feels like it's starting to click for him.

And not that it didn't click in the past, because I feel like when you say that, it's like, oh, was that not happening?

I think it's just always like about clicking in different ways.

And it's like a good way, a better way right now for Ben Brown than we've seen in the past.

I feel part of it is that the Braves pitching is good.

It's really good.

It's the best in baseball.

And so it's a tough task, and this is one of the best teams in baseball that they're up against.

So little things along the way, they're going to determine the game, a play here and there, a swing here and there.

And it just comes down to trying to come through with that one swing.

You know, it was a couple games ago where it was the Braves who scored multiple runs in an inning.

And the Cubs had a chance with bases loaded in that game and just couldn't come up with those big swings.

That doesn't mean it won't happen.

I mean, I think especially during the last 10-game win streak, we saw that very well can happen.

It can happen consistently throughout a game.

This just happens to be one of those stretches where guys aren't able to have those hits consistently.

I think something that's consistent about this team is they find ways to get on base and they've still been doing that in this series.

Just again, needing to come through and you need to score against this team.

It doesn't necessarily mean a lot, especially if your pitchers can keep you in it.