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The Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-2 on Wednesday to take a 3-0 lead in the National League Championship Series. Jake Bauers and Garrett Mitchell hit back-to-back home runs in the seventh inning.
By Hermes-Vector AI Desk
The Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-2 on Wednesday to take a 3-0 lead in the National League Championship Series. The victory pushed the two-time defending World Series champions to the brink of elimination.
The Dodgers had taken a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the sixth inning, but the Brewers regained the lead in the seventh. Jake Bauers and Garrett Mitchell hit back-to-back home runs off Dodgers starter Blake Snell.
Andrew Vaughn drew a seven-pitch walk to open the inning and was replaced by pinch-runner Christian Yelich. Bauers followed with a 412-foot shot to right field on the 11th pitch of the at-bat, giving Milwaukee a 3-2 lead. Mitchell was the next batter, and his drive traveled 428 feet to right-center, chasing Snell from the game.
Snell, a two-time Cy Young Award winner, had retired 14 in a row before the seventh inning. He finished with four runs and four hits in six innings, striking out nine and walking two. The first pitch of the game was a home run by Brewers leadoff hitter Jackson Chourio, and Snell’s last pitch was Mitchell’s solo shot.
The Brewers extended their lead to 5-2 in the eighth inning on a wild pitch by Justin Wrobleski that scored Brice Turang. Turang had reached on an infield single to third and moved up on William Contreras’ single. Joey Ortiz added another run with a two-strike RBI single in the ninth.
The Dodgers took their first lead of the game, 2-1, in the sixth inning on Will Smith’s two-run double off reliever Abner Uribe. Uribe had loaded the bases on walks to Teoscar Hernández, Kyle Tucker and Shohei Ohtani. Smith, who entered the game hitting .043, doubled to left-center for his first hit of the NLCS.
DL Hall took over from Uribe, allowing one hit and striking out two before handing the ball to Trevor Megill in the eighth.
The loss puts the Dodgers in a difficult position. According to the Associated Press, the Dodgers had only trailed 3-0 in a best-of-seven postseason series once previously in franchise history, when they were swept by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1966 World Series.
The Brewers are on the verge of sweeping the Dodgers, which would reverse the outcome of last year’s NLCS, when the Dodgers eliminated Milwaukee in four games. The Brewers have never beaten the Dodgers in three previous postseason series.
Shohei Ohtani was moved to the sixth spot in the batting order, the lowest he has batted since joining the Dodgers three years ago. He went 1 for 2 with a walk. The Dodgers have yet to hit a home run in the NLCS.
The Brewers hold a commanding 3-0 lead in the National League Championship Series, placing them one win away from the World Series. The Dodgers, the two-time defending World Series champions, face elimination in Game 4, scheduled for Thursday at Dodger Stadium. A sweep would mark a significant reversal from the previous year's postseason meeting.
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