The Milwaukee Brewers beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-4 on Monday night at American Family Field, taking a 2-0 lead in the NLCS. William Contreras drove in three runs on three hits, including a solo home run, to power the Brewers to their fifth straight win.
Milwaukee trailed 4-3 before Contreras tied the game with a 436-foot home run to center in the fifth inning. The Brewers then scored single runs in the sixth and eighth innings to pull away, while Dodgers starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto was charged with three runs on four hits over 2.2 innings before an early exit.
Key Moments: How The Brewers Pulled Away
Los Angeles opened the scoring in the first inning when Teoscar Hernandez’s sacrifice fly brought in Mookie Betts, but Contreras answered immediately with an RBI single that scored Brice Turang to tie it 1-1.
The Dodgers moved back in front in the third when Tommy Edman scored on a pickoff error committed by Milwaukee starter Logan Henderson, with Betts picked off at second on the same play. Christian Yelich erased that lead in the bottom of the third with a two-run single that brought home Turang and a runner from third, putting the Brewers up 3-2.
Los Angeles scored two runs in the fifth to take a 4-3 lead. Edman’s sacrifice bunt scored one run with a throwing error by Henderson, and Freddie Freeman’s sacrifice fly scored another before Contreras tied it with his solo home run in the bottom half.
Contreras singled in the sixth to extend Milwaukee’s lead to 5-4. Turang added an RBI single in the eighth, and Jake Bauers capped the scoring with a single that drove in Turang while a fielding error by Dodgers center fielder allowed Contreras to reach third, making it 7-4.
Top Performers
Contreras finished 3-for-4 with a home run, three RBIs, a run scored and a walk, leading all hitters in the game. Turang went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and an RBI, while Yelich added two hits and two RBIs. JoJo Romero (1-1) earned the win with a scoreless sixth inning that included two strikeouts, one of Shohei Ohtani. Aaron Ashby picked up the save with 1.2 scoreless innings, and Abner Uribe held the Dodgers hitless over 1.1 innings in between.
For Los Angeles, Betts went 1-for-3 with a run scored and a walk, and Edman scored twice despite going 1-for-2. Brock Stewart (0-1) took the loss after allowing an unearned run in relief.
What It Means
Milwaukee improved to 103-59 on the season and has now won five straight games. The Brewers lead the best-of-seven NLCS 2-0 heading back on the road. Los Angeles, which finished the regular season 100-62 and topped the NL West, has dropped the first two games of the series and must now win on the road to climb back into it.
What’s Next
The NLCS shifts to Los Angeles for Game 3, with the Dodgers looking to avoid falling into a 3-0 series hole. Milwaukee will look to build on its current five-game winning streak as the series continues. For more on how the Dodgers reshuffled their pitching staff ahead of this series, see the Dodgers’ NLCS roster move and the starting pitching plans Los Angeles set for the opening two games. The series followed a Game 1 matchup preview between the two clubs, and full highlights of the Game 2 win are available via FOX Sports.
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