Brewers Beat Dodgers 7-4 to Take 2-0 NLCS Lead

The Milwaukee Brewers beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-4 in Game 2 of the National League Championship Series on October 12, taking a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series. William Contreras drove in three runs, including the go-ahead score, and Milwaukee’s relievers retired the final 15 Dodgers batters in order. The game was played at American Family Field, where the lead changed hands several times before the Brewers pulled away in the eighth. Los Angeles scored first on Teoscar Hernández’s sacrifice fly in the opening inning. Contreras answered with an RBI single to tie the game, and Christian Yelich put Milwaukee ahead in the third with a two-run single. The Dodgers moved in front 4-3 in the fifth. Kyle Tucker doubled and scored after a throwing error by Brewers starter Logan Henderson, and Tommy Edman came home on a Freddie Freeman sacrifice fly. Henderson’s throwing errors contributed to both Los Angeles runs in the inning; he allowed four runs, two earned, over four innings. Contreras tied the game at 4-4 with a home run in the bottom of the fifth, connecting against Dodgers reliever Kris Bubic. He singled home David Hamilton in the sixth to put Milwaukee ahead for good.