The result
The Milwaukee Brewers beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-1 on Sunday night at American Family Field to take Game 1 of the National League Championship Series. The win was Milwaukee's first postseason victory over the Dodgers since 2018, ending a seven-game postseason losing streak to Los Angeles that included a sweep in last year's NLCS.
How it unfolded
The Dodgers struck first in the second inning, when Andy Pages' RBI single scored Shohei Ohtani, who had walked to lead off. Milwaukee ace Jacob Misiorowski then escaped a bases-loaded jam in that inning as Enrique Hernandez grounded into a double play.
Brice Turang tied the game in the fourth with a solo home run off Dodgers starter Tarik Skubal, sending a 2-0 pitch 384 feet to left-center. In the fifth, Garrett Mitchell drew a leadoff walk off Skubal, advanced on Cooper Pratt's sacrifice bunt, and scored on Luis Lara's tiebreaking single to center, putting Milwaukee up 2-1.
Skubal, the two-time American League Cy Young winner acquired from the Detroit Tigers at the trade deadline, allowed two runs on five hits over five innings with seven strikeouts and two walks — his second loss in eight postseason starts. Misiorowski threw 94 pitches over 4⅓ innings, allowing five hits and three walks with five strikeouts, before the Milwaukee bullpen took over. DL Hall, Abner Uribe and Aaron Ashby held the Dodgers scoreless, and closer Trevor Megill earned the save despite walking Kyle Tucker and pinch-hitter Josue De Paula with two outs in the ninth, before Mookie Betts flied out to center field to end the game.
The bigger picture
The Dodgers, chasing a third straight championship, grounded into three double plays, stranded nine runners and went 1-for-6 with runners in scoring position. The Brewers — who have never won a World Series, with their only appearance coming in 1982 — are three wins from ending that drought. Game 2 is set for Monday in Milwaukee, with Yoshinobu Yamamoto starting for the Dodgers against Milwaukee's Logan Henderson.
Sources:
Reuters: Brice Turang homers, Brewers edge Dodgers in NLCS opener
NBC Sports: Turang homers and Milwaukee's bullpen delivers as the Brewers beat the Dodgers 2-1 in NLCS opener
The Milwaukee Brewers beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-1 on Sunday night at American Family Field to take Game 1 of the National League Championship Series. The win was Milwaukee's first postseason victory over the Dodgers since 2018, ending a seven-game postseason losing streak to Los Angeles that included a sweep in last year's NLCS.
How it unfolded
The Dodgers struck first in the second inning, when Andy Pages' RBI single scored Shohei Ohtani, who had walked to lead off. Milwaukee ace Jacob Misiorowski then escaped a bases-loaded jam in that inning as Enrique Hernandez grounded into a double play.
Brice Turang tied the game in the fourth with a solo home run off Dodgers starter Tarik Skubal, sending a 2-0 pitch 384 feet to left-center. In the fifth, Garrett Mitchell drew a leadoff walk off Skubal, advanced on Cooper Pratt's sacrifice bunt, and scored on Luis Lara's tiebreaking single to center, putting Milwaukee up 2-1.
Skubal, the two-time American League Cy Young winner acquired from the Detroit Tigers at the trade deadline, allowed two runs on five hits over five innings with seven strikeouts and two walks — his second loss in eight postseason starts. Misiorowski threw 94 pitches over 4⅓ innings, allowing five hits and three walks with five strikeouts, before the Milwaukee bullpen took over. DL Hall, Abner Uribe and Aaron Ashby held the Dodgers scoreless, and closer Trevor Megill earned the save despite walking Kyle Tucker and pinch-hitter Josue De Paula with two outs in the ninth, before Mookie Betts flied out to center field to end the game.
The bigger picture
The Dodgers, chasing a third straight championship, grounded into three double plays, stranded nine runners and went 1-for-6 with runners in scoring position. The Brewers — who have never won a World Series, with their only appearance coming in 1982 — are three wins from ending that drought. Game 2 is set for Monday in Milwaukee, with Yoshinobu Yamamoto starting for the Dodgers against Milwaukee's Logan Henderson.
Sources:
Reuters: Brice Turang homers, Brewers edge Dodgers in NLCS opener
NBC Sports: Turang homers and Milwaukee's bullpen delivers as the Brewers beat the Dodgers 2-1 in NLCS opener
