After outlasting the Chicago Cubs in the Divisional Round of the playoffs, the Milwaukee Brewers take on the Dodgers beginning tonight for the National League pennant.

The Chicago Cubs came one game short of reaching the NLCS after returning to the MLB playoffs for the first time since 2020. Chicago forced a Game 5 of the NLDS against the division rival Milwaukee Brewers but ultimately fell short as their season came to an end.

Right-handed reliever Nick Mears was dropped from the Brewers’ roster for the start of the NLCS as the club opted instead for Tobias Myers to provide length for a best-of-seven series against the Dodgers set to begin Monday night at American Family Field.

The Milwaukee Brewers are making the types of mistakes at the plate that they avoided while producing the best regular-season record in the major leagues.

The Los Angeles Dodgers survived the Milwaukee Brewers’ magic act, shrugged off their bad luck, and by the end of Monday night, just won a postseason game the old-fashioned way. The Dodgers, riding the golden arm of Blake Snell,

The Milwaukee Brewers are off to the NLCS after a thrilling 3-1 win over the Cubs in the decisive fifth game of the NLDS.

Max Muncy was inches away from hitting a grand slam for the Dodgers to open the scoring in the NLCS. Little did he know his 404-foot drive instead would end the top of the fourth inning in one of the most incredible plays of this or any postseason.

Lost in the craziness: L.A. hit Quinn Priester well that inning. Hernández walked, Freddie Freeman hit a rocket to left field that Isaac Collins had to jump to catch, Will Smith and Tommy Edman singled, then Muncy hit a ball to the top of the wall in center. Priester and the Brewers are fortunate to escape that inning without a run scoring.