Dodgers Hold Off Brewers in Game 1 of NLCS
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How deep of a hole are the Brewers in? MLB teams that have trailed 2-0 in a best-of-seven series have an all-time record of 15-78, according to WhoWins. That's roughly an 84% elimination rate. Of course, the Brewers needn't worry themselves with empirical data, lest this become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
After dominating performances from Blake Snell and Yoshinobu Yamamoto in the first two games of the National League Championship series, the Dodgers and the Brewers have flown west for at least Games 3 and 4 at Chavez Ravine with Los Angeles in control of the series leading two games to none.
Brice Turang admits he should’ve taken the hit-by-pitch as the Brewers fell to the Dodgers in NLCS Game 1, a crucial game-tying moment.
The inevitability of the Dodgers is a concept their opponents would rather not consider. This year’s National League Championship Series pits the defending champs against a Brewers team that not only led the Majors in wins,
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.
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Brewers include Myers rather than Mears on NLDS roster; Dodgers add Casparius to their bullpen
Milwaukee right-hander Nick Mears was left off the Brewers' roster for their NL Championship Series matchup with the Los Angeles Dodgers after making 63 relief appearances during the regular season.
After last night’s wile 15-inning affair to decide the ALCS, one more winner-take-all game will take place this evening to decide who will play the Dodgers, who beat the Phillies in four games, in the NLCS.
The Dodgers had no intention of returning to Philadelphia. Not after they emerged from a hostile Citizens Bank Park one win away from the NL Championship Series, in control of their own destiny.