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The Milwaukee Brewers swept the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLCS, winning Game 4 6-4 after overcoming a 4-0 deficit. Milwaukee will face the Cleveland Guardians or Tampa Bay Rays in the World Series.
The Milwaukee Brewers have advanced to the 2026 World Series after sweeping the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Championship Series. The franchise, which has never won an MLB title, will make its first appearance in the Fall Classic since 1982. The sweep ends the Dodgers' bid to win three consecutive championships.
In Game 4 on Thursday, the Dodgers took an early 4-0 lead in the second inning. Kyle Tucker scored on an Andy Pages RBI single, and Shohei Ohtani hit a three-run home run 428 feet into the center-right field bleachers. However, the Brewers rallied to win 6-4.
Jake Bauers hit a ground-rule double in the fourth inning, scoring William Contreras and Brice Turang to make it 4-2. In the fifth inning, David Hamilton singled to center, scoring Sal Frelick. Dodgers reliever Evan Phillips subsequently loaded the bases with two outs on a pair of walks. Alex Vesia replaced Phillips and walked Bauers on four pitches to tie the game.
Garrett Mitchell gave the Brewers a 5-4 lead with a solo home run in the sixth inning. Hamilton added an insurance run in the ninth inning with a home run against Edwin Diaz. According to The Guardian, Hamilton had just four homers in the regular season.
The Brewers' bullpen played a crucial role in the series. In Game 4, four pitchers held the Dodgers scoreless over the final seven innings. JoJo Romero tossed two innings, and Aaron Ashby handled the final three frames for his second save of the postseason. Ashby retired Tucker on a shallow fly ball and struck out Teoscar Hernandez to end a threat in the eighth inning.
Dodgers starter Tyler Glasnow gave up four runs on three hits and two walks over 4.1 innings. Tanner Scott gave up Mitchell’s go-ahead home run in the sixth inning.
The Brewers were the best team in baseball this season, leading MLB with 103 wins. They had the second-best ERA in the National League (3.23) during the regular season and have dropped that number to 1.74 in the postseason. Catcher William Contreras has been prominent in the playoffs, batting .370 with three home runs and five RBIs.
Christian Yelich, a Brewers star, commented on the team's resilience. “We’re just happy for our fans and everybody that has been part of this organization and stuck with us over the years,” Yelich said on the Fox broadcast. “We’ve been so close to this point so many times. To finally break through is a credit to our guys, our team. They stuck together and battled. We got down there early tonight and we were like, ‘It’s going to be a great story when we win this. Stay together and start chipping away.’ And it’s exactly what they did.”
Garrett Mitchell, a Southern California native, expressed pride in the team's effort. “It’s absolutely surreal,” Mitchell said on the Fox broadcast. “I don’t really got words. I’m just so proud of our team. To go down four (runs) really early, and you talk about the battle-tested Brewers, man. We got down early and the belief in that dugout got stronger and stronger and we fought our butts off and got back in here. It was incredible.”
Brewers manager Pat Murphy emphasized the team's collective effort. “They may have a bunch of Hall-of-Famers but we got a bunch of gamers,” Murphy said after the win. “And the gamers won this week.”
The Brewers' victory marks a significant milestone for the franchise, ending a 44-year drought since their last World Series appearance in 1982, when they lost to the St. Louis Cardinals. The sweep also halts the Dodgers' attempt to join the New York Yankees and Oakland Athletics as the only teams to win three straight MLB championships. Milwaukee will open the World Series at home on October 23 against the winner of the American League Championship Series, where the Cleveland Guardians lead the Tampa Bay Rays 2-1.
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