Brewers stun Dodgers with back-to-back homers in 7th inning and take 3-0 lead in NLCS with 6-2 win
Jake Bauers and Garrett Mitchell homered in the seventh as Milwaukee took a 3-0 NLCS lead and moved within one win of the World Series.
- The Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-2 on Wednesday, taking a 3-0 lead in the National League Championship Series and pushing the back-to-back World Series champions to the brink of elimination.
- Jake Bauers and Garrett Mitchell hit back-to-back home runs off Blake Snell in the seventh inning, breaking a streak of 14 consecutive batters retired by the two-time Young Award winner. The rally regained the lead for Milwaukee.
- Although the Dodgers took a 2-1 lead on Will Smith's two-run double in the sixth, they managed only 2 hits for 16 at-bats with runners in scoring position throughout the series.
- Facing a 3-0 deficit, the Dodgers' thoughts now have to be on a "four-peat," requiring four consecutive victories to join MLB history's only team to overcome such a deficit in a best-of-seven series.
- Tyler Glasnow is scheduled to start Game 4 on Thursday for the Dodgers, while the Brewers seek to complete a sweep and avenge last year's postseason elimination by Los Angeles.
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Brewers blasts leave Dodgers on brink
Jake Bauers and Garrett Mitchell blasted back-to-back home runs in the seventh inning to hand the Brewers a commanding 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven National League Championship Series. The star-studded Dodgers line-up -- chasing a rare hat-trick of World Series triumphs -- now need a miracle if they are to advance to baseball's championship showcase for a third consecutive season. Only one team in MLB history – the 2004 Boston Red Sox – has ove…
The Milwaukee Brewers defeated the LA Dodgers in Game 3 of the NLCS to record a three-game winning streak, leaving them just one win away from advancing to the World Series for the first time in 44 years. Milwaukee’s strategic baseball, which overcame the payroll gap, and the bullpen’s strong pitching shone, while the Dodgers found themselves in a situation where they needed to win all four remaining games despite Shohei Ohtani’s valiant efforts.
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