Jake Bauers started the Brewers’ comeback with a two-run double and Garrett Mitchell hit a go-ahead home run to deliver a 6-4 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday and send Milwaukee to their first World Series appearance in 44 years. Bauers added a bases-loaded walk to tie the game in the fifth inning as the Brewers rallied from an early four-run deficit to sweep the National League Championship Series in four games. The dominating performance came after Milwaukee were swept out of the NLCS by Los Angeles last season.
Like, stay together, start chipping away. And that’s exactly what they did.” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts had few complaints at the loss, saying the 2024 and 2025 MLB champions had been comprehensively outplayed. Those guys played flawless.
Defensively they pitched better than we did, they hit better than we did, they slugged more than we did. You’ve got to sometimes just tip your cap. We gave it everything we had, and it wasn’t good enough.
That’s part of life.” Catcher William Contreras guided the Brewers’ pitching staff in a bullpen game, and 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. You don’t know how bad it can be, and then it was as bad as it was.
And we came out and we survived, and we came back this year, and those guys played their tails off.” The Brewers will open the World Series at home on 23 October against the winner of the American League Championship Series between the Cleveland Guardians and Tampa Bay Rays. The Guardians hold a 2-1 lead after winning 3-2 on Thursday. Milwaukee made their only previous World Series appearance as an AL team in 1982, falling in seven games to the St Louis Cardinals.
Shohei Ohtani hit a three-run homer in his return to the leadoff spot but also struck out three times while playing with knee and biceps discomfort that will be addressed in the offseason. 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.
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