A look at what’s happening around the majors today:STARTING OFFClayton Kershaw starts for the Dodgers in Game 1 of the NL Championship Series against Brewers left-hander Gio Gonzalez and — more notably — Milwaukee’s deep bullpen. Josh Hader and the rest of the club’s lights-out relievers have helped the Brewers win 11 straight games. The bullpen’s 3.47 ERA was second in the NL only to the Chicago Cubs Jesus Aguilar Jersey , and it began to peak down the stretch. The relievers went 2-0 with a 1.17 ERA in the three-game Division Series sweep against Colorado. Gonzalez probably won’t need to go more than four or five innings before Hader and crew take over.Los Angeles‘ pitching approach will be more traditional. The Dodgers have gotten a higher percentage of outs from their starters this postseason than any other team, led by Kershaw’s eight innings of two-hit ball in a 3-0 Game 2 win over Atlanta. Kershaw has thrown 12 consecutive scoreless innings in the postseason dating to last year’s World Series.The ALCS starts Saturday night when Justin Verlander and the World Series champion Houston Astros take on Chris Sale and the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park.SKIP HUNTINGThe Rangers have done their first interviews in the search to replace fired manager Jeff Banister. According to people familiar with the details, the Rangers on Thursday interviewed Chicago Cubs bench coach Brandon Hyde in Arlington, and did a phone interview with Astros bench coach Joe Espada because Houston is preparing for the start of the ALCS against Boston. The team is making no public comments about candidates being interviewed. Texas did its first interview Tuesday in Arlington with Jayce Tingler, the team’s assistant general manager.BAM BAM IN DEMAND?Giants bench coach Hensley “Bam Bam” Meulens has interviewed with the Reds for their open managerial position and also is set to meet with the Twins this week for the job that opened when Paul Molitor was fired. Meulens was in Minneapolis on Thursday and scheduled to interview with the Twins through Friday after traveling from Cincinnati. He met with the Reds, who fired Bryan Price after a 3-15 start. A former hitting coach with the Giants when they won World Series titles in 2010, ’12 and ’14, Meulens became bench coach this past season and Bruce Bochy’s right-hand man in his ninth season with the club.WAINO REMAINSAdam Wainwright is staying with the Cardinals. St. Louis agreed to a one-year deal with the veteran right-hander Thursday, bringing him back to the only major league team he’s pitched for. The 37-year-old Wainwright has been with the club since making his big league debut in 2005. Wainwright made just eight starts this season because of hamstring and elbow problems, going 2-4 with a 4.46 ERA. Harry How/Getty ImagesNobody will ever mistake Manny Machado for Pete Rose, aka Charlie Hustle.And Machado is fine with that.The Los Angeles Dodgers star has drawn criticism for not giving 100 percent on every play, but he doesn't plan on changing his playing style http://www.brewersfanproshop.com/authentic-ryan-braun-jersey , as he told The Athletic's Ken Rosenthal:"There's no excuse for it, honestly. I've never given excuses for not running. I'm not hurt, there's no excuse, but I've been the same player. ... I've been doing this for eight years, I'm in The Show for eight years, I've done the same thing for eight years, I've been the same player."Obviously I'm not going to change. I'm not the type of player that's going to be 'Johnny Hustle' and run down the line and slide to first base and ... you know, whatever can happen. That's just not my personality, that's not my cup of tea, that's not who I am."Machado drew scrutiny for failing to run out a ball hit deep in the hole during Game 2 of the National League Championship Series:The four-time All-Star told Rosenthal:"Should I have run on that pitch? Yeah ... but I didn't and I gotta pay the consequences for it. It does look bad. It looks terrible. I look back at the video and I'm like, 'Whoa, what was I doing?' You know Travis Shaw Jersey , just the emotions of the game ... I'm the type of player that has stayed in the zone, I'm playing and I'm just in the zone."On 3-0, I'm trying to drive one out. I hit a 100 mph groundball (actually 76 mph) right into the shift, right to the shortstop. ... Before I even step out of the box, I look to the shortstop, he has the ball in his hands and I'm like, 'I'm out.' ... I mean, what am I going to do?"Should I have given it a little more effort? One hundred percent. [It's] my fault like always. I mean, that's just my mentality when I'm in the game. [There are] things that you learn, things that you gotta change. I鈥檝e tried changing it for eight years and I still can't figure it out, but one of these days I will."Machado might be able to get away with that play during the fourth inning of a game in May, but with the spotlight on in October Paul Molitor Jersey , every detail of a game gets put under the microscope. Especially when a little bit of hustle could be the difference between a hit and an out.Fortunately for Machado, the lack of hustle on that day didn't contribute to a loss. Los Angeles evened the series at 1-1 with a 4-3 victory in Game 2.Machado has been one of the Dodgers' top hitters this postseason. He has hit .286 with three home runs, two doubles and nine RBI in seven games. His .455 average in the NLCS ranks second on the team, and he owns one of the team's two home runs in the series.Taking it easy on a routine grounder could occasionally cost the team a baserunner, but it also reduces the risk of injury.Machado, who underwentleft knee surgeryin 2014, has played in at least 156 games in five of the past six seasons.The 26-year-old is expected to become among the highest-paid players in MLB history when he hits the free-agent market this winter. Some teams may want their superstar players to leave it all on the field, especially with the World Series on the line. However, Machado's bat and glove鈥攅specially at the hot corner鈥攁re valuable enough that any interested suitor can look past his lackadaisical effort.