Dodgers, Shohei Otani and NLCS
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Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers captured the National League pennant and finished a sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday night, winning NLCS Game 4, 5-1. It's the Dodgers' fifth NL pennant since 2017, and it came as Ohtani delivered the best individual performance in MLB playoff history.
The Dodgers won Game 2, Yoshinobu Yamamoto was absolutely dominant, Max Muncy set Los Angeles postseason history and more from Tuesday's MLB postseason action.
The Milwaukee Brewers lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers, 3-1, in Game 3 of the NLCS, and are one loss from elimination.
Our Dodgers vs. Brewers home run selections for Game 2 of the NLCS include Shohei Ohtani and William Contreras.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto's complete game helped the Dodgers take a 2-0 NLCS lead over the Brewers. Here are my takeaways.
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.
The first two games of the series have been very tight, but it has still ended up the same way -with the Dodgers coming out on top. After pulling out a 5-3 win in Game 1 last Saturday, Los Angeles just needed one big inning to take down the Phillies again on Monday night.
Kyle Schwarber and the Phillies jump into the lead in the fourth inning before scoring five runs off Clayton Kershaw in the eighth in an 8-2 win in Game 3.
The Toronto Blue Jays face the Seattle Mariners on Monday in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series at Rogers Centre.