Brewers beat defending champ Dodgers 6-2, take 3-0 NLCS lead
Milwaukee beat Los Angeles 6-2 to take a commanding 3-0 lead in the National League Championship Series.
Jake Bauers and Garrett Mitchell hit back-to-back home runs off Blake Snell to lift the Milwaukee Brewers past the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-2 in Game 3 of the NLCS. The two-time defending World Series champions now face elimination on Thursday.
Snell had retired 14 consecutive batters before the Brewers struck in the seventh inning, with Bauers driving a 412-foot shot to right field followed by Mitchell's 428-foot blast to right-center. Jackson Chourio had also homered off Snell's first pitch of the game.
The Dodgers took a 2-1 lead in the sixth on Will Smith's two-run double before being stunned. Milwaukee has never swept Los Angeles in three previous postseason series.
- 3-0
- Series lead
- 6-2
- Final score
- 412 feet
- Bauers home run distance
- 428 feet
- Mitchell home run distance
Why it mattersThe Brewers are one win away from the World Series after dominating the two-time defending champion Dodgers in the playoff series.
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