MILWAUKEE (AP) Andy Haines is out as the Milwaukee Brewers' hitting coach after they scored a total of six runs in their four-game National League Division Series loss to the Atlanta Braves.

The Brewers announced Wednesday they wouldn't be renewing Haines' contract. Assistant hitting coach Jacob Cruz also has been told he is free to explore other options while the Brewers search for a replacement for Haines, who had been the hitting coach for the last three seasons.

"Andy is a very good coach and he contributed to a lot of wins here, and he deserves recognition for that," president of baseball operations David Stearns said. "At the end of the day, we felt like this was the right time to make a change. This was the right time for a new voice, maybe a little bit of a different message, and really that's why we decided to go in this direction."