Brewers Push Dodgers To Brink With 3-0 NLCS Lead
The Milwaukee Brewers moved one win from the World Series after beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-2 in Game 3 of the National League Championship Series on Wednesday at Dodger Stadium, taking a 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven series.
Left-hander Robert Gasser held the defending champions scoreless through five innings, allowing three hits and a walk while striking out three. DL Hall followed with 2 1/3 scoreless innings to earn the win, and closer Trevor Megill recorded the final four outs for his fourth save of the postseason. Milwaukee's offense was keyed by Jake Bauers, who hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the seventh inning off Blake Snell after fouling off ten consecutive pitches in the at-bat. In Game 2, Bauers had drawn a bases-loaded walk against Yoshinobu Yamamoto on a 12-pitch at-bat. futsal odds online
The result marks a reversal from last season, when the Dodgers swept the Brewers out of the NLCS. On the FOX broadcast's postgame coverage, analysts Alex Rodriguez and David Ortiz described the Brewers' performance in stark terms, with Ortiz calling Bauers' at-bats against Yamamoto and Snell among the most impressive he has witnessed. Derek Jeter noted the significance of Milwaukee producing that effort against the two-time defending World Series champion just a year after being swept by the same team.
No team has ever won a best-of-seven postseason series after trailing 3-0, with one exception: Ortiz's 2004 Boston Red Sox, who rallied from that deficit against Jeter and Rodriguez's New York Yankees in the American League Championship Series. The Dodgers will attempt to stave off elimination in Game 4 on Thursday at Dodger Stadium.
