Brewers Take 3-0 Series Lead Over Dodgers
The Milwaukee Brewers stand one win away from their first World Series appearance in 44 years after defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-2 on Wednesday, October 15, 2026, to take a commanding 3-0 lead in the National League Championship Series. consecutive home runs in the seventh inning off Dodgers starter Blake Snell flipped the game and put the regular-season wins leaders firmly in control.
The Seventh-Inning Surge Against Blake Snell
Blake Snell had retired 14 batters entering the seventh inning while holding a 2-1 lead built on a sixth-inning double by Will Smith. That momentum vanished when Jake Bauers stepped to the plate. Bauers worked an 11-pitch at-bat before launching a 412-foot home run to right field off Snell. The shot brought home Christian Yelich, who entered the game as a pinch runner for Andrew Vaughn, swinging the score to 3-2 in favor of Milwaukee.
JAKE BAUERS HOMERS ON THE 11TH PITCH OF THE AB https://t.co/IHpzLO5UyY pic.twitter.com/TwovxHNOcV
Garrett Mitchell followed immediately with a 428-foot solo home run to right-center field, ending Snell’s night. Snell finished the outing allowing four hits and four runs while striking out nine batters. Jackson Chourio had opened the scoring for Milwaukee with a solo home run in the first inning.
Extending the Lead at Dodger Stadium
Milwaukee added insurance runs in the later frames to secure the 6-2 victory. In the eighth inning, a wild pitch by Justin Wrobleski allowed Brice Turang to score, extending the lead to 5-2. Mexican infielder Joey Ortiz added an RBI single in the ninth inning, driving in Cooper Pratt to cap the scoring.
The series shifts to Dodger Stadium for Game 4 on Thursday at 7:00 p.m., where the Brewers will look to complete a sweep against the same opponent that eliminated them in four games during the previous year’s League Championship Series. The Dodgers now face the historic task of attempting to become only the second team in postseason history to rally from a 3-0 deficit, a feat achieved previously by the Boston Red Sox against the New York Yankees in the 2004 American League Championship Series.
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