The Milwaukee Brewers<\/a> cracked twelve hits en route to a 7\u20134 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> in Game Two of the NLCS Monday night at American Family Field in Milwaukee. Nine of the eleven runs in the game were either the tying or go-ahead run. Shutdown relief pitching put an end to the Dodgers\u2019 contributions to the scoring, as the quartet of Dustin May<\/a><\/strong>, JoJo Romero<\/a><\/strong>, Abner Uribe<\/a><\/strong>, and Aaron Ashby<\/a><\/strong> pitched five relief innings in which they did not allow so much as a single baserunner. This established a postseason record for most team relief innings in a single game without allowing a baserunner.<\/p>\n Brice Turang<\/a><\/strong> remained hot for the Brewers, going 2-for-3 with a walk, an RBI, and three runs scored. William Contreras<\/a><\/strong> also continued his stellar postseason hitting, going 3-for-4 with a walk, a homer, three RBI, and a run scored. David Hamilton<\/a><\/strong> also scored three runs for the Brewers after going 2-for-3 with a hit-by-pitch and two stolen bases. Additionally, Christian Yelich<\/a><\/strong> and Cooper Pratt<\/a><\/strong> contributed two hits apiece, with Yelich notching two RBI.<\/p>\n The Dodgers took a 1\u20130 lead off Brewers starter Logan Henderson<\/a><\/strong> in the top of the first after a Mookie Betts<\/a><\/strong> walk, a slow groundout, a wild pitch, and a Teoscar Hernandez<\/a><\/strong> sacrifice fly. In the bottom of the first, the Brewers tied the game off Dodgers starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto<\/a><\/strong> after a Brice Turang double and William Contreras RBI single.<\/p>\n The top of the third saw the Dodgers retake the lead. Tommy Edman<\/a><\/strong> led off with a single to right and advanced to second on a hot grounder by Mookie Betts. The grounder got through shortstop Cooper Pratt. Though it was ruled a hit, it came on a play Pratt often makes. Freddie Freeman<\/a><\/strong> smashed a deep fly to right that Sal Frelick<\/a><\/strong> made a nice play to catch, but it was deep enough for Edman to tag and easily advance to third. An errant pickoff throw to first by Henderson allowed Edman to score as Betts advanced to second.<\/p>\n In the bottom of the third, a bases-loaded single by Yelich scored two runs and gave the Brewers their first lead of the game. But two innings later, the Dodgers retook the lead, aided in part by another throwing error by Henderson. A leadoff double by Kyle Tucker<\/a><\/strong> brought up Edman again. Edman tried to sacrifice Tucker to third, but Henderson fielded the bunt and threw the ball over Bauers\u2019 head. This allowed Tucker to come around and score. Edman himself scored after advancing to third on a Betts groundout to second and a Freeman sacrifice fly.<\/p>\n The Brewers tied the game in the bottom of the fifth on a home run by Contreras. They took the lead one inning later after Hamilton was hit by a pitch, advanced to second on a fielding error from Freeman on a pickoff attempt, advanced to third on a slow grounder to short, and scored on an RBI single by Contreras.<\/p>\n The Brewers added two insurance runs in the eighth, ending the scoring for the game. One run came after Hamilton singled, stole second, advanced to third on a groundout, and Brice Turang singled him home. Turang himself scored from second on a single to center by Bauers.<\/p>\n The Brewers forced Yamamoto out of the game with two outs in the third after forcing the 2025 World Series MVP to throw 75 pitches up to that point. In the first, they made him throw 25 pitches. And in the third, he threw 36 before being removed with two outs. Capping off the third was a 12-pitch walk by Bauers that included six straight foul balls. This immediately followed a seven-pitch at-bat by Contreras.<\/p>\n \u201cYou gotta give credit to Contreras, Bauers \u2014 those guys put together great at-bats,\u201d Dodgers manager Dave Roberts<\/a><\/strong> told Fox Sports\u2019 Ken Rosenthal during an in-game manager interview in the top of the fourth. \u201cThey were spoiling really good pitches, took some pitches that were tough.\u201c<\/p>\n After the marathon Bauers at-bat, Yelich stroked his two-run single. Yelich said of the Bauers at-bat after the game, \u201cThe deeper the at-bat got, I knew he was getting on, whether it be by hit or walk, whatever it may be. I was getting ready for my at-bat and being up there in whatever situation. You want to follow a great at-bat like that with a good at-bat. I wanted to make sure I was going to swing at a good pitch and put a good swing on something. Fortunately, I was able to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n There were three separate half-innings that saw the Dodgers score. The Brewers scored in the bottom half of each of those innings. In two cases, they re-tied the game, and in the third case, they took the lead.<\/p>\n Hamilton ran the bases four times. In three of them, he caused havoc, stealing second twice and advancing on a pickoff throw to first that got away from Freeman the third time.<\/p>\n Henderson made two throwing errors that led to two Dodgers runs.<\/p>\n Murphy came to his rookie pitcher\u2019s defense after the game. He also expressed confidence in Henderson\u2019s ability to recover. \u201cThis kid’s been great for us all year long,\u201d Murphy said. \u201cHe’s a rookie. Made a couple of mistakes. No reason to harp on it. He’ll make the adjustment. Because he \u2014 like I said before, he does not want to let this team down. He feels horribly about it. I don’t need to go in and paddle him or something.\u201d<\/p>\n The Dodgers took leads in both the first and third innings.<\/p>\n After both Henderson throwing errors, the Dodgers scored runs. This made the final score closer than the game actually was.<\/p>\n Once Henderson left the game, the Dodgers did not have so much as a single baserunner. Even though one of the runners May inherited came around to score, all runner advancement came on plays where the Dodgers hitters made outs.<\/p>\n \u201cI respect the Dodgers a great deal. That’s all there is to it. They’re one of the best teams ever put together. A great team. And I’m not going to think about anything but the next game. That’s it. Just one inning, one pitch at a time. Don’t look ahead, don’t plan, don’t complain, explain; just keep going. Hopefully the guys will get a break. Long flight tonight, get a break tomorrow and do a little workout, keep your body moving. Then ready to play the next game like it’s their last.\u201d \u2014 Brewers manager Pat Murphy<\/a><\/strong> on how it feels going to Los Angeles with a 2\u20130 series lead<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cIt got to a certain point where it was straight compete mode. A little bit of blackout, kind of in the flow a little bit competing. It was fun. Was a fun at-bat. I knew that was a moment where the guys needed something, the team needed something. It was either \u2018I’m going to get something to hit here\u2019 or \u2018I’m going to see enough pitches to take a walk.\u2019\u201d \u2014 Brewers first baseman Jake Bauers<\/a><\/strong> on his 12-pitch, seven-minute at-bat against Yamamoto<\/em><\/p>\n Romero earned the win for the Brewers as Brock Stewart<\/a><\/strong> took the loss for the Dodgers, both in relief. Ashby notched a five-out save.<\/p>\n The Brewers and Dodgers, after having Tuesday off for a travel-day, will meet Wednesday in Dodger Stadium for Game Three of the NLCS. Left-hander Robert Gasser<\/a><\/strong> will start for the Brewers, with the Dodgers having yet to announce a starter as of press time. First pitch will be at 5 pm Pacific\/7 pm Central.<\/p>\n Jacob Misiorowski Faces Challenges in NLCS<\/a><\/p>\n William Contreras Steps Up for Brewers in NLCS<\/a><\/p>\nBrewers \u2013 Dodgers Game Summary<\/h3>\n
Picking Up Their Starter<\/h4>\n
What Went Right for the Brewers<\/h3>\n
Significantly Shortened Yamamoto\u2019s Outing<\/h4>\n
Answering Back<\/h4>\n
Hamilton on the Basepaths<\/h4>\n
What Went Wrong for the Brewers<\/h3>\n
Pitcher Defense<\/h4>\n
What Went Right for the Dodgers<\/h3>\n
Took Two Separate Leads<\/h4>\n
Took Advantage of Errors<\/h4>\n
What Went Wrong for the Dodgers<\/h3>\n
No Answer for Brewers Relief Pitching<\/h4>\n
Quotes<\/h3>\n
Looking Ahead<\/h3>\n
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