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Dodgers shut down by Brewers in NLCS opener as lineup struggles again

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Cohen, J. (2026, October 12). Dodgers shut down by Brewers in NLCS opener as lineup struggles again. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/sports/baseball/dodgers-shut-down-by-brewers-in-nlcs-opener-as-lineup-struggles-again/article_bceeb298-ff1c-59d1-aecb-f314f9b6ab91.html

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Toronto Star · collected 2026-10-12 · by Jay Cohen

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NLCS Game 1: Brewers Defeat Dodgers 2-1

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📰 Dodgers Versus Brewers NLCS
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Jay Cohen
39 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
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🔮 Catcher Will Smith is 1 for 19 in the postseason after going 0 for 3 with a walk against the Brewers.
🔮 It was always going to be the mighty Los Angeles Dodgers — with their consecutive World Series titles and a payroll that casts a long shadow over Yelich and the small-market Brewers.
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Brewers Dodgers Game 1 Los Angeles MILWAUKEE

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Dodgers ORG · 4× Smith PERSON · 3× Betts PERSON · 2× Brewers ORG · 2× Los Angeles GPE · 2× MILWAUKEE GPE · 2× Ohtani PERSON · 2× Roberts PERSON · 2× The Los Angeles Dodgers ORG · 1× the Milwaukee Brewers ORG · 1×

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They are 2 for 22 with runners in scoring position, adding to the difficulty of their pursuit of a third consecutive World Series championship.
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🔮 Catcher Will Smith is 1 for 19 in the postseason after going 0 for 3 with a walk against the Brewers.
2026-10-12 · Toronto Star
Dodgers shut down by Brewers in NLCS opener as lineup struggles again · assertive framing

Claims (27 extracted, 0 hedged)

The Los Angeles Dodgers created a handful of scoring opportunities in Game 1 of the NL Championship Series. asserted
Dodgers → create → Series
They ended up with one big hit. asserted
They → end → hit
The Dodgers went 1 for 6 with runners in scoring position during Sunday night’s 2-1 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers. asserted
Dodgers → go → Brewers
They grounded into three double plays and left nine runners on base. asserted
They → ground → base
“Any loss in the playoffs is not great but it’s a long series and it’s just the first game,” first baseman Freddie Freeman said. asserted
Freeman → ’ → playoffs
The Dodgers have scored a total of 15 runs in their five playoff games so far. asserted
Dodgers → score → games
They are 2 for 22 with runners in scoring position, adding to the difficulty of their pursuit of a third consecutive World Series championship. asserted
They → add → championship
They scored 24 runs and hit .324 with runners in scoring position over their first five postseason games in 2024. asserted
They → score → 2024
They scored 29 times and batted .265 with runners in scoring position over the same period in last year’s playoffs. asserted
They → score → playoffs
“We had our chances, but they made plays, pitches when they needed to,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said after Game 1 against Milwaukee. asserted
Roberts → have → Milwaukee
“We’ve just got to reset.” asserted
We → get → ?
Catcher Will Smith is 1 for 19 in the postseason after going 0 for 3 with a walk against the Brewers. asserted
Smith → go → Brewers
Smith batted third, and Ohtani was in the cleanup spot. asserted
Ohtani → bat → spot
Asked about changing the lineup to help Smith, Roberts acknowledged that was a possibility. asserted
that → ask → Smith
“I think there’s always lineup construction,” Roberts said. asserted
Roberts → think → ?
“I can think through — yeah, he’s not swinging the bat well. asserted
he → think → bat
Yeah, we’ll see. asserted
we → see → ?
I just — it’s hard because the body of work, and he just has that knack to get a hit, to get a big hit.” asserted
he → ’ → hit
Smith batted .276 (16 for 58) with eight RBIs in the postseason last year. asserted
Smith → bat → postseason
He homered twice in the World Series against Toronto. asserted
He → homer → Toronto
Los Angeles scored its only run Sunday night when Ohtani scampered home on Andy Pages’ single in the second. asserted
Ohtani → score → second
The Dodgers had the bases loaded when Kiké Hernández bounced into an inning-ending double play against Brewers ace Jacob Misiorowski. asserted
Hernández → have → Misiorowski
Pages struck out with runners on the corners for the final out of the sixth. asserted
Pages → strike → sixth
Batting with two on and two down in the ninth, Betts flied to the warning track in center. asserted
Betts → bat → center
“That’s a great pitching staff,” Freeman said. asserted
Freeman → ’ → ?
“That’s two great pitching staffs. asserted
That → ’ → ?
It’s kind of what we envisioned.” asserted
we → ’ → what
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