Rangers president Nolan Ryan said he is not second-guessing the decision to postpone Game 2 of the American League Championship Series because of the threat of rain.

The fifth inning of Game 1 of the National League Championship Series was the materialization of the Cardinals' absolute worst nightmare: Prince Fielder and Ryan Braun, clicking at the same time for the Brewers.

Brewers right-hander Zack Greinke probably isn't thrilled with the way he has pitched in his first two career postseason starts. There isn't any reason to be overly concerned, though.

Right-handed relievers Lance Lynn and Kyle McClellan were not part of the process of putting the Cardinals into the National League Championship Series, but they found themselves front and center during Sunday afternoon's 9-6 loss to the Brewers in Game 1.

With the Miller Park roof open on Sunday, the Cardinals and Brewers combined for 15 runs and 10 extra-base hits — including four homers — but Game 1 of the NLCS did little to solve the puzzle of the roof's affect on the offenses.

Happening almost faster than they could celebrate, the Brewers erased a three-run fifth-inning deficit with a six-run frame and turned it into an eventual 9-6 victory in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series at Miller Park.

After an uplifting come-from-behind victory in Game 1, the Brewers will start Shaun Marcum against Edwin Jackson of the Cardinals on Monday at Miller Park in Game 2. But a couple of sets of numbers might be troubling to the Brewers.

When Brewers right-handed pitcher Shaun Marcum starts Game 2 of the National League Championship Series against the Cardinals on Monday night, he'll be looking to halt his recent frustrations and attempting to ensure the lasting image of his first postseason experience will not be him throwing his glove in the air after surrendering a grand slam in the Division Series.

Being in a position to bounce back isn't anything new for St. Louis — just the playoff round, and the stakes right now are a bit higher as they lost Game 1 of the National League Championship Series on Sunday in Milwaukee.

Considering they scored six runs against Brewers righty Zack Greinke, the Cardinals were plenty happy with their offensive performance in Sunday's 9-6 loss in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series.

Ryan Braun turned the National League Division Series into his personal sandlot, and it appears he plans to do the same now that the Brewers' postseason run has reached the next level. Braun had two more hits and four more RBIs for a Brewers postseason record in Game 1 of the NL Championship Series on Sunday, a 9-6 win.

With the starting pitchers each giving up six runs, Game 1 of the NLCS came down to a battle of the bullpens. With their combination of Takashi Saito, Francisco Rodriguez and closer John Axford, the Brewers bested the Cardinals.

They wipe the stat sheets clean in the playoffs. Whatever numbers you put up from April through September, they're gone. Unfortunately for Jaime Garcia, trends don't automatically disappear as well.

Since 2007, no pair of teammates has hit home runs in the same game more often than Ryan Braun and Prince Fielder, who have done so 37 times, including Sunday's Game 1 of the NLCS.

Ten pitches into the fifth inning on Sunday, Cardinals starter Jaime Garcia was in trouble, with runners at second and third. After the game, manager Tony La Russa insisted Garcia wasn't in so much trouble that he needed to come out of Game 1 of the National League Championship Series.

It was Harvey's Wallbangers all over again for the Brewers' first League Championship Series game since 1982. Harvey Kuenn's '82 club won by bashing the baseball, which is precisely what the Brewers did in a 9-6 win over the Cardinals in Game 1 of the NLCS on Sunday, using a decisive six-run fifth inning.

Yuniesky Betancourt, whose career has been a tale of yet unfulfilled potential, has found himself in the middle of a hot streak, and he's a big reason the Brewers are three wins away from the World Series.