The Milwaukee Brewers are just one win away from the World Series, straight up! This team, the top seed, absolutely crushed the second-seeded Los Angeles Dodgers 6-2 in Game 3 of the National League Championship Series, giving them a commanding 3-0 lead. Talk about being on the doorstep of the Fall Classic.
Brewers Go Deep in Game 3 Comeback
Milwaukee put themselves in this incredible position after a Game 3 comeback that was all about the long ball. They hammered three home runs off Dodgers starter Blake Snell. Can you believe it? Two of those came on back-to-back pitches in the decisive seventh inning! Jackson Chourio didn’t waste any time either, drilling the very first pitch he saw from Snell for a leadoff homer. After that initial bang, the bats went quiet for a bit, but man, did they erupt when it mattered most in the seventh.
Bauers and Mitchell Send Milwaukee to the Brink
Snell had actually retired 14 straight batters before he walked Andrew Vaughn. That walk changed everything, bringing up Jake Bauers. This guy is clutch. Remember his epic 12-pitch walk in Game 2? Well, he topped that in Game 3. Bauers, who’s the Brewers’ home run leader for 2026, absolutely crushed a bomb on the 11th pitch to the right-field seats, giving Milwaukee a 3-2 lead. And then, like lightning striking twice, Garrett Mitchell followed him up with a no-doubt home run of his own! The Brewers just poured it on, scoring five runs across the seventh, eighth, and ninth innings. Trevor Megill came in and got a four-out save to seal the deal. Now, Milwaukee is staring down their first World Series in 44 years.
So, what’s next? The Brewers get their first chance to punch their ticket to the Fall Classic in Game 4. It all goes down Thursday, October 15, back at Dodger Stadium. After being swept by the Dodgers in the NLCS just last year, Milwaukee is looking to return the favor to the two-time reigning World Series champions. You gotta tune in, this is gonna be wild!
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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