Jake Bauers started the Brewers’ comeback with a two-run double and Garrett Mitchell hit a go-ahead home run to deliver a 6-4 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday and send Milwaukee to their first World Series appearance in 44 years.
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Mitchell → start → years
Bauers added a bases-loaded walk to tie the game in the fifth inning as the Brewers rallied from an early four-run deficit to sweep the National League Championship Series in four games.
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Brewers → add → games
The dominating performance came after Milwaukee were swept out of the NLCS by Los Angeles last season.
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Milwaukee → come → Angeles
“We got down early tonight and we were like, it’s going to be a great story,” Brewers veteran Christian Yelich said.
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Yelich → get → ?
“We’re going to come back and win this.
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We → go → this
And that’s exactly what they did.”
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they → ’ → what
Catcher William Contreras guided the Brewers’ pitching staff in a bullpen game, and four pitchers held the Dodgers scoreless over the final seven innings.
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pitchers → guide → innings
JoJo Romero tossed two innings, and Aaron Ashby handled the final three frames for his second save of the postseason.
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Ashby → toss → postseason
“Playing with that chip on our shoulder,” Ashby said.
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Ashby → play → shoulder
“You don’t ever know what to expect going into a series like that last year.
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You → know → year
You don’t know how bad it can be, and then it was as bad as it was.
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it → know → ?
And we came out and we survived, and we came back this year, and
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we → come → ?
those guys played their tails off.”
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guys → play → tails
The Brewers will open the World Series at home on 23 October against the winner of the American League Championship Series between the Cleveland Guardians and Tampa Bay Rays.
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Brewers → open → Guardians
The Guardians hold a 2-1 lead after winning 3-2 on Thursday.
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Guardians → hold → Thursday
Milwaukee made their only previous World Series appearance as an AL team in 1982, falling in seven games to the St Louis Cardinals.
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Milwaukee → make → Cardinals
Shohei Ohtani hit a three-run homer in his return to the leadoff spot but also struck out three times while playing with knee and biceps discomfort that will be addressed in the offseason.
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that → hit → offseason
Dodgers starter Tyler Glasnow gave up four runs on three hits and two walks over 4.1 innings.
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Glasnow → give → innings
He struck out six.
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He → strike → six
Tanner Scott gave up Mitchell’s go-ahead home run in the sixth inning.
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Scott → give → inning
“I’ve always dreamt of moments like these as a kid,” Mitchell said.
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Mitchell → dream → kid
The Dodgers appeared to be all business in the second inning when Andy Pages delivered a one-out RBI single and Ohtani added a towering three-run blast with two outs for a 4-0 advantage.
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Ohtani → appear → advantage
Bauers continued his impressive series in the fourth inning with a two-run ground-rule double to cut the Milwaukee deficit in half.
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Bauers → continue → half
David Hamilton cut the Dodgers’ lead further when he made it 4-3 in the fifth inning with an RBI single, ending Glasnow’s night.
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it → cut → night
Dodgers reliever Evan Phillips subsequently loaded the bases with two outs on a pair of walks.
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Phillips → load → walks
Alex Vesia replaced Phillips and walked Bauers on four pitches to tie the game.
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Vesia → replace → game
Milwaukee went up for good in the sixth at 5-4 when Mitchell, a Southern California native and UCLA alumnus, greeted Scott with a leadoff home run.
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Mitchell → go → run
The Dodgers wasted a one-out double from Kyle Tucker in the sixth inning and a leadoff double from Pages in the seventh.
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Dodgers → waste → seventh
Another double combined with an error in the eighth put Will Smith on third base as the tying run with one out.
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double → combine → out
Ashby then retired Tucker on a shallow fly ball and struck out Teoscar Hernandez to end the threat.
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Ashby → retire → threat
Hamilton sealed the victory with a two-out home run in the ninth inning against Edwin Diaz.
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Hamilton → seal → Diaz
Hamilton had just four homers in the regular season.
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Hamilton → have → season
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