Milwaukee's bullpen shut the door late while William Contreras provided the big offense in Game 2.
The Milwaukee Brewers beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-4 on Monday night, taking a 2-0 lead in the National League Championship Series. William Contreras supplied the biggest offensive moments for Milwaukee, and the Brewers bullpen took over from there, shutting down the Dodgers over the final innings.
It is the first time since getting swept in the 2023 National League Division Series that the defending back-to-back champions have faced a 2-0 deficit in a postseason series. Yoshinobu Yamamoto could not get out of the third inning, and the Dodgers finished Game 2 retired in 15 straight batters against a Brewers bullpen that has now allowed just one run in 28.2 postseason innings. Milwaukee got to the Los Angeles bullpen late, piling up 12 hits, including 10 singles, and scoring four runs over the final four frames to pull away.
No Brewers team had ever led a best-of-seven playoff series 2-0 before this one. Milwaukee insists it knows the series is not over and that the Dodgers will not fade quietly. The series now shifts to Los Angeles, where the Dodgers need a turnaround to keep their championship hopes alive.