Brewers Lead Dodgers 3-0 in NLCS After Bauers, Mitchell Home Runs
Brewers Move Within One Win of World Series After Defeating Dodgers in Game 3
The Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-2 on Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium, moving just one victory away from securing their first World Series appearance in 44 years. According to Major League Baseball reporting, Jake Bauers and Garrett Mitchell hit home runs to secure the Game 3 victory, giving the Brewers a 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven National League Championship Series.
The decisive sequence unfolded in the top of the seventh inning against Dodgers left-hander Blake Snell. Bauers worked an 11-pitch at-bat, fouling off three consecutive offerings before turning on a fastball and driving it to the right-field pavilion. The two-run shot broke a 2-2 tie. One batter later, Mitchell followed with a home run of his own to double the lead, cementing a 3-0 advantage in the series.
Jackson Chourio initiated the scoring for Milwaukee in the first inning by homering on the very first pitch from Snell. According to historical pitch count data maintained since 1988, Chourio became just the sixth player to hit a first-pitch home run to start a postseason game. Snell subsequently settled down, retiring 14 batters and maintaining the deficit until the seventh-inning breakthrough.
The Dodgers briefly claimed momentum in the bottom of the sixth. Brewers starter Robert Gasser pitched five scoreless frames before being relieved by Abner Uribe, who struggled with command. Uribe issued three walks and surrendered a two-run double off the left-center-field wall to Will Smith, tying the game and igniting the home crowd before Milwaukee’s late surge reclaimed control.
The victory marks Milwaukee’s fifth comeback win of the current postseason, tying a record for the most in a team’s first seven playoff games, matching the 1996 New York Yankees and 1980 Philadelphia Phillies. Historically, 42 teams have fallen behind 3-0 in a best-of-seven postseason series, with 32 resulting in sweeps. Only two teams have forced a Game 7 from that deficit, and the 2004 Boston Red Sox remain the only club to successfully overcome a 3-0 deficit to win a series.
FINAL: Brewers 6, Dodgers 2Milwaukee takes a 3-0 lead in the NLCS and can sweep the Dodgers tomorrow. Jake Bauers hit a go-ahead homer on the 11th pitch of an epic at-bat, Garrett Mitchell followed with another homer and Robert Gasser threw five scoreless for a monster win.
Game 4 is scheduled for Thursday night in Los Angeles, where the Dodgers face elimination.
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