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Nieuwenhuis a much different hitter at home
- Updated: July 24, 2016
MILWAUKEE — The Journey song “Any Way You Want It” wasn’t playing in the Brewers’ clubhouse following a 6-1 win over the Cubs on Saturday at Miller Park, but it may need to become the theme for Kirk Nieuwenhuis on the team’s next road trip.
Nieuwenhuis entered the game with pronounced home/road splits on the season, and following his two homers Saturday, there was an even starker contrast between those figures. Now, to get Nieuwenhuis’ performance on the road up to the same level that it is at Miller Park, he may get things any way he wants to make sure he feels at home.
Nieuwenhuis went 3-for-3 and drove in four runs to snap an 0-for-18 skid at the plate. He squared up a delivery from starter John Lackey and cleared the center-field fence for a solo homer to put the Brewers up 3-0 in the fourth.
“Last couple of days I’ve just tried to change my mentality a little bit,” Nieuwenhuis said. “I’ve just been pressing the last three, four weeks. It seems like longer than that. I’ve really just tried to take it one pitch at a time the last couple of days and see where that takes me.”
Then, with two outs in the eighth, he sliced a 3-1 two-seamer from lefty Mike Montgomery inside the left-field foul …
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