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07:11 AM ET 07.07 | Milwaukee Brewers general manager Doug Melvin says it is "uncharacteristic" of him to publicly criticize a player but leftfielder Ryan Braun obviously struck a nerve Sunday afternoon. "It was inappropriate for him to say what he said, and I'm not happy about it," an upset Melvin said Monday in a telephone interview. "To make the statements he made and also get on his teammates like that, it was irresponsible on his part. It just ticked me off." After the Brewers lost, 8-2, Sunday to the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field to drop three of four games there, Braun implored Melvin to make a trade for a pitcher as soon as possible. He also said Chicago's starting pitchers were "a lot better than ours." "They threw the ball a lot better than our starters did," Braun said. "All four guys we saw in this series are No. 1, worst-case, No. 2-type starters. They make big pitches in big situations. You're not always going to get hits in those situations."