00:00Hello from Milwaukee where the Dodgers and Brewers are getting ready for game two of the
00:04National League Championship Series and where concern on the Dodgers side has gone from Shohei
00:08Otani to Will Smith. Early in this postseason of course Otani was attracting much of the negative
00:14attention around the Dodgers as he battled through his injury hampered slump but lately it's been
00:19Will Smith who's been the bigger problem in the lineup. He's hitting just one for 19 in this
00:23postseason. He went 0 for 3 in game one and while he did draw a walk and hit a few
00:27balls hard he
00:28also rolled into one of the Dodgers three double plays that ultimately cost them and a 2-1 loss
00:32because of that Smith is going to be hitting fifth today in the Dodgers order down from the number
00:36three spot he had had before. He talked to reporters before the game and tried to downplay his struggles
00:42by pointing out it's still only been five games. Yeah I felt you know really good the last month
00:47last couple weeks especially um you know I still feel feel good up there still swinging the right
00:52pitches taking you know good pitches um you know just just barely missing balls you know pictures
00:58the pictures are making good pitches to me and uh yeah no it's been it's been five games obviously
01:03want the results be a little better but uh and it's five games with play um you know no panic
01:09for me
01:09so I'll be fine. The Dodgers of course will need more from Smith who was one of their postseason and
01:14World Series heroes last year as they try to even this series and avoid dropping both games at the start
01:20of this NLCS in Milwaukee. Go to californiapost.com for more coverage from me and Dylan Hernandez here
01:26at American Family Field in Milwaukee and go to the California Post Sports YouTube page
01:30for a live edition of Dodgers Post after the game.
