Milwaukee wins the NLCS opener 2–1 while managing seven Los Angeles hits and six walks.
Los Angeles Dodgers 1 · Milwaukee Brewers 2
Game date: Oct 11, 2026 · America/Chicago
Published: Oct 13, 2026
Professional · Baseball · MLB
Luis Lara's fifth-inning single gave Milwaukee a lead that never became comfortable. The hit scored Mitchell and put the Brewers ahead 2–1 over Los Angeles. The Dodgers kept reaching base, but Milwaukee's pitchers prevented another run and finished the NLCS opening win on October 11.
The Brewers took a 1–0 advantage in the best-of-seven series. The victory came through one tying home run, one go-ahead single and five-pitcher management of seven Dodgers hits and six walks. Los Angeles had more hits than Milwaukee and nearly as many opportunities through walks, but scored only once.
Milwaukee's six hits and five walks also did not become a large attack. The result remained close because both teams created baserunners without repeatedly completing scoring sequences. The Brewers converted two of their moments; the Dodgers converted one.
Jacob Misiorowski worked 4⅓ innings, allowing one run on five hits and three walks with five strikeouts. DL Hall, Ashby, Uribe and Megill covered the remaining 4⅔ innings, allowing no runs despite additional Dodgers baserunners. Their work made Lara's single sufficient rather than merely the start of a lead that would need another offensive answer.
Pages singled in Ohtani in the second, giving the Dodgers a 1–0 advantage. Hernández advanced to second on the play, leaving Los Angeles with a further runner who might have expanded the lead. The Dodgers did not add another run in the inning.
Pages finished with a hit and an RBI, while Ohtani had a hit, a walk and the run. Hernández recorded two hits, the only multiple-hit performance in the Los Angeles lineup. Freeman, Betts and Muncy each added a single.
Those seven hits gave the Dodgers regular opportunities to create more than one run. The six walks increased that opportunity count without requiring additional contact. Milwaukee still prevented the lineup from completing another scoring sequence after Pages' early single.
Misiorowski threw 94 pitches to obtain 13 outs. His three walks and five hits meant he did not keep Los Angeles away from the bases entirely. The value of the outing was that those baserunners produced only one run, leaving the Brewers within a single scoring swing until their offense responded.
Turang homered to left-center in the fourth, tying the game at 1–1. It was his only hit in two at-bats, and he also walked. The solo shot gave Milwaukee its first run without requiring another hitter to complete the opportunity.
Tarik Skubal allowed two runs on five hits and two walks over five innings for Los Angeles. He struck out seven and threw 81 pitches. Turang's homer removed the opening Dodgers lead, and Lara's later single created the other run charged to Skubal.
Skubal's strikeouts restricted Milwaukee's contact, but the Brewers still produced the two swings that changed the score. The offense did not need a high hit total against him; it needed one run to tie and another to move ahead while the pitching staff kept Los Angeles from adding on.
LOS ANGELES — Milwaukee needed only one inning to take back the lead. By the end of the night, the Brewers had taken something considerably larger from the Dodgers: nearly all their room for error.
DOPE Sports Network Staff · Oct 14, 2026
William Contreras had already answered one Dodgers lead when he stepped into the middle of another Milwaukee comeback. His fifth-inning home run brought the Brewers even. His sixth-inning single put them ahead. By the time Aaron Ashby recorded the final out, Los Angeles had exhausted eight pitchers without finding a way to stop Milwaukee from coming back.
DOPE Sports Network Staff · Oct 14, 2026
Milwaukee's four relievers in NLCS Game 2 allowed the Dodgers no hits and no walks over five innings. That line is the simplest way to locate the difference between a game the Brewers repeatedly had to repair and a finish they could control. Once the bullpen took responsibility for the remaining outs, Los Angeles stopped producing baserunners through either of those routes.
Lara singled to center in the fifth, scoring Mitchell and giving Milwaukee a 2–1 lead. The hit was Lara's only one in three at-bats, and his RBI supplied the game's final scoring change.
Chourio had two hits, while Bauers singled and Vaughn doubled. The Brewers also drew five walks, with Turang, Bauers and Vaughn among the players who reached through a free pass. That added offensive activity did not become another run after the fifth.
The narrow margin meant Milwaukee could not treat a scoreless later inning as a minor detail. Every time Los Angeles reached, the tying run became part of the immediate problem. The Brewers' bullpen had to keep removing that threat without the benefit of further insurance.
Hall recorded two outs without allowing a hit or walk, using four pitches. Ashby worked two hitless innings, allowing a walk and striking out one on 26 pitches. Those appearances supplied a substantial portion of the middle and late work without giving Los Angeles another hit.
Uribe allowed two hits in his inning but struck out two and did not walk a batter or allow a run. His line shows the difference between preventing baserunners and preventing scoring: the Dodgers reached through contact, but the inning did not change the score.
Megill finished a hitless inning while walking two. He threw 19 pitches and did not record a strikeout. The appearance required the defense and other completed outs to protect the lead, rather than ending every threat through swings and misses.
Together, the four relievers allowed two hits and three walks in 4⅔ innings. They did not allow a run. The Dodgers therefore kept creating some opportunities after Misiorowski left, but never produced the final contact needed to make Milwaukee's two runs insufficient.
Alex Vesia, Tanner Scott and Evan Phillips each worked a scoreless inning for Los Angeles after Skubal. The three relievers combined to allow one hit and three walks while striking out six. Their work kept the Dodgers within one rather than letting Milwaukee expand the margin.
The clean relief did not create the tying run. Los Angeles needed another completed offensive sequence against Milwaukee's staff, and neither its seven hits nor its six walks produced one after the second inning. Milwaukee struck out 13 times, while Los Angeles struck out eight. The Brewers nevertheless produced the larger scoring total because their two decisive hits arrived in the fourth and fifth, and their defense prevented later baserunners from becoming runs.
The result was an opening advantage, not a finished championship series. Milwaukee still needed three more wins to earn the pennant. The immediate lesson from Game 1 was more specific: the Brewers could win a low-scoring game even when the opposing lineup kept reaching base.
Turang erased the first Dodgers lead. Lara supplied the next scoring difference. Five Milwaukee pitchers made that difference last, handling the baserunners that remained without allowing another run. The Brewers' offense stopped at two. Their pitching staff ensured the Dodgers stopped at one.
