The Milwaukee Brewers beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-2 in Game 3 of the National League Championship Series on Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium, taking a 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven series. Milwaukee needs one more win to complete the sweep, while Los Angeles faces elimination in Game 4.
Jackson Chourio opened the scoring by hitting a home run on the first pitch thrown by Dodgers starter Blake Snell. Brewers pitcher Robert Gasser then kept Los Angeles off the scoreboard for five innings, according to the supplied account.
The Dodgers moved in front in the sixth inning when Will Smith hit a two-run double. Milwaukee reclaimed the lead in the seventh. Snell walked Andrew Vaughn to begin the inning, and Jake Bauers followed with a two-run home run after an 11-pitch at-bat. Garrett Mitchell hit a home run on the next pitch, extending Milwaukee’s advantage to 4-2 and ending Snell’s outing.
Milwaukee added a run on a wild pitch in the eighth and another on a Joey Ortiz single in the ninth. Relievers DL Hall and Trevor Megill combined for 3.2 scoreless innings to close out the win.
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said his team needed to win the next game and find a way to build momentum. Bauers, reflecting on the contrast with Milwaukee’s previous visit to Los Angeles, said last year’s team arrived expecting a difficult outcome, while this group came believing it could win.
The victory puts Milwaukee in position to finish the series in Game 4, scheduled for Thursday in the source account. The supplied material describes the Brewers’ performance as a collective effort and characterizes the Dodgers as struggling, but provides no additional statistics or independent evidence to assess the teams’ broader condition. The sweep is not yet complete.
