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Doug Gottlieb: "Paul Skenes gets pulled after 99 pitches. What are your thoughts when the other skipper doesn't let him go out?
Pat Murphy: "I'm happy. We got 2 hits the next inning. They're trying to protect the guy. It's more about his health and the long term. 100 seems like the magic number, I don't know if it is. The number of times you run out there, what they call the 'ups,' he was up 7 times. To ask him to go up 8 times is a lot, it's the difference sometimes. Sometimes 5-6 is a lot. Every time you get past 5 innings, with a workload in the 80s to 90s, another time out there is said to be where the danger zone exists for injury. This guy is so under control. He's so strong. I think he could have went back out, but I won't question what was done. They erred on the side of caution."
Brewers Manager Pat Murphy joins The Doug Gottlieb Show. Murphy reflects on facing Paul Skenes in a no-hit bid on Thursday and explains why he believes Skenes was pulled early from the outing. Murphy looks back on the Brewers series with the Dodgers and evaluates how Milwaukee matches up with Los Angeles as the second half of the season approaches. Plus, Murphy proposes a potential solution to offensive struggles across the league.