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Brewers Take Game 3 Lead Over Dodgers on Back-to-Back Home Runs
The Milwaukee Brewers took the lead over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 3 of the National League Championship Series.
Jake Bauers and Garrett Mitchell hit back-to-back home runs in the seventh inning.
The home runs came off Dodgers pitcher Blake Snell.
The National League Championship Series, or NLCS, is the playoff series between teams seeking a place in the World Series.
The two homers put Milwaukee ahead in a game that could affect the teams’ path through the playoffs.
The available information does not say how the game ended or what happens next.
The Milwaukee Brewers beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-2 in Game 3 of the National League Championship Series on October 14.
Jake Bauers and Garrett Mitchell hit back-to-back home runs off Blake Snell in the seventh inning to put Milwaukee ahead.
The win gave the Brewers a 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven series and left the Dodgers on the brink of elimination.
Jackson Chourio opened the scoring with a first-pitch home run, and the Dodgers later took a 2-1 lead before Milwaukee’s seventh-inning rally.
The Brewers added runs in the eighth and ninth innings.
- Who
- The Milwaukee Brewers beat the Los Angeles Dodgers.
- What
- Milwaukee won Game 3 by 6-2 and took a 3-0 lead in the National League Championship Series.
- When
- October 14, 2026.
- Where
- Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.
- Why
- Back-to-back seventh-inning home runs by Jake Bauers and Garrett Mitchell gave Milwaukee the lead. The Brewers added two more runs.
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Jackson Chourio hit a home run to give Milwaukee a 1-0 lead.
Will Smith hit a two-run double to put Los Angeles ahead 2-1.
Jake Bauers hit a two-run home run, followed by Garrett Mitchell’s solo home run, giving Milwaukee a 4-2 lead.
Milwaukee extended its lead to 5-2 on a wild pitch that scored Brice Turang.
Joey Ortiz hit an RBI single as the Brewers added another run.
- Final score
- Brewers 6, Dodgers 2
- Series score
- Brewers lead 3-0
- Bauers home run
- Two-run shot in the seventh inning
- Mitchell home run
- Solo shot in the seventh inning
- Chourio home run
- First pitch of the game
- Game 4
- Thursday at Dodger Stadium
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What people are saying
I just saw that through the sixth inning, and then once we got to the seventh inning, I think he retired 13 or 14 in a row and his stuff was really good,
Obviously the leadoff walk hurt. Hasn't given up a homer all year, but it just -- it's baseball.
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