Harry How/Getty ImagesNobody will ever mistake Manny Machado for Pete Rose http://www.chicagocubsteamshop.com/authentic-anthony-rizzo-jersey , 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, 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 Kosuke Fukudome Jersey , 'Whoa, what was I doing?' You know, 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 http://www.chicagocubsteamshop.com/authentic-andre-dawson-jersey , 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, 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. 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Hinch said of Correa and his lingering back woes. “I think for Carlos to be who he is and what he can do for us we’ve got to get him to feel better.Article continues below ...“I’m not concerned that it’s going to impact too much longer, but I don’t like that one of our best players isn’t feeling great.”That Correa, who slashed .315/.391/.550 with 24 homers and 84 RBIs in 109 games last season, initiated his slump well before going on the DL is another concern.Correa last had an OPS above .900 on May 14. Since then, he owns a .205/.286/.328 line in 280 plate appearances.“He’s a perfectionist by nature so I think performance-wise he always wants to be elite,” Hinch said. “From a comfort standpoint Ernie Banks Jersey , he hasn’t looked comfortable. He’s been able to maintain that defensively, but it’s looked like he’s had a little bit of a governor on his swing when he’s been up to bat.“I haven’t seen him let it go really since the time he’s been off the DL.“Of course it weighs on him. He wants to be out there, he wants to be good, he wants to hit in the middle of the order, he wants to lead us to a division title and beyond. He’s frustrated.”Right-hander Justin Verlander (16-9, 2.67 ERA) will make what is tentatively scheduled to be his penultimate start of the season on Saturday for the Astros (96-57), who clinched a postseason berth with an 11-3 victory on Friday. With his next strikeout, Verlander will set a season career high of 270, eclipsing his previous best set in 2009.After a rough August, Verlander has rebounded in September, going 3-0 with a 1.71 ERA and 29 strikeouts in 21 innings and three starts. He is 4-1 with a 2.16 ERA in four starts against the Angels this season and 12-9 with a 3.12 ERA in 24 career starts against them.Right-hander Jaime Barria (10-9, 3.61 ERA) will make the 25th start of his rookie season and 12th on the road. He has an active streak of 15 scoreless innings away from Angel Stadium and has compiled a 2.53 ERA on the road. Barria is 1-1 with a 2.81 ERA in three starts against the Astros this season.About the only thing of interest that remains for the slumping Angels (75-79) http://www.chicagocubsteamshop.com/authentic-ryne-sandberg-jersey , who lost for the sixth time in eight games, is the pursuit by All-Star center fielder Mike Trout of a third American League Most Valuable Player award. Trout, the league MVP in 2014 and 2016 and runner-up in 2012, 2013 and 2015, clubbed his 37th home run in the series opener.Trout has homered in consecutive games and four times in the last five games to move to within four homers of his career high of 41 set in 2015. He finished 1-for-4 with two RBIs after entering the weekend leading the majors in on-base percentage (.463), slugging (.629), OPS (1.092), and adjusted OPS (199).“Nah, I don’t even pay attention to it,’ Trout said of the MVP chase. “I’m just trying to finish strong and don’t give up any at-bats because they’re running out.”