Brewers Rally Past Dodgers in Game 4 to Reach the World Series

The Milwaukee Brewers are going to the World Series for the first time since 1982. They beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-4 on Thursday to complete a four-game sweep of the National League Championship Series, according to NBC News and The Guardian.

The win also ended the Dodgers' attempt at a third consecutive championship. Los Angeles began the postseason as the two-time defending champion, and NBC noted that only the New York Yankees and the Oakland Athletics have won three in a row.

How Milwaukee erased a 4-0 deficit

The Dodgers took control early. Andy Pages drove in a run with a single in the second inning, and Shohei Ohtani followed with a three-run homer that NBC said traveled 428 feet, making it 4-0.

The Brewers answered in the fourth. Jake Bauers hit a two-run ground-rule double, which scored William Contreras and Brice Turang and cut the gap to 4-2. In the fifth, David Hamilton's RBI single made it 4-3 and ended Dodgers starter Tyler Glasnow's night. Reliever Alex Vesia then walked Bauers with the bases loaded to tie the game, The Guardian reported.

Garrett Mitchell put Milwaukee ahead for good with a leadoff homer against Tanner Scott in the sixth. Hamilton added an insurance run with a two-out homer off Edwin Diaz in the ninth. The Guardian noted that Hamilton hit just four home runs in the regular season.

The Dodgers had chances late. The Guardian reported that they put the tying run on third base with one out in the eighth, but Aaron Ashby got a fly ball and a strikeout to end the threat. Ashby pitched the final three innings and earned his second save of the postseason.

What carried the Brewers through the series

Pitching was central to the sweep. NBC reported that Milwaukee's relievers closed out Game 1, a 2-1 win, after starter Jacob Misiorowski allowed one run over 4.1 innings. In Game 2, a 7-4 win, four relievers retired the last 15 Dodgers batters in order after starter Logan Henderson struggled early. In Game 3, rookie Robert Gasser pitched five scoreless innings, and back-to-back homers from Bauers and Mitchell in the seventh gave the Brewers a lead they kept.

Milwaukee led MLB with 103 wins this season. NBC said its 3.23 ERA over the regular season was the best in the National League and has fallen to 1.74 in the playoffs. In an account published by Fox News' Outkick, the bullpen was described as having allowed just two runs in nearly 40 postseason innings.

Contreras is batting .370 in the playoffs with three home runs and five RBIs, NBC reported, while Jackson Chourio leads the team with seven homers.

What the Dodgers and Brewers said

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts did not dispute the result. "We got beat," he said, adding that his team was outplayed in every phase and that he told his players they had nothing to apologize for.

Mitchell, a Southern California native and UCLA alumnus, called the moment "absolutely surreal." Christian Yelich said the team told itself during the early deficit that a comeback would make a good story. Manager Pat Murphy said the Dodgers may have Hall of Famers but the Brewers had "gamers."

The sweep also reversed last year's result. The Guardian noted that Los Angeles swept Milwaukee out of the NLCS last season. Ohtani, who struck out three times Thursday, is playing with knee and biceps discomfort that will be addressed in the offseason, according to the same report.

Why it matters for Brewers fans and the title race

The Brewers have never won an MLB title, according to NBC. Their only previous World Series appearance came in 1982, when they lost in seven games to the St. Louis Cardinals, The Guardian reported. Milwaukee made that appearance as an American League team, so this is the franchise's first trip as a National League club.

For the Dodgers, the loss ends a run in which they won the 2024 and 2025 championships. Roberts said his team gave everything it had, and the Dodgers will not play in the World Series.

What happens next

The Brewers will open the World Series at home on Oct. 23, The Guardian reported. Their opponent will be the winner of the American League Championship Series between the Cleveland Guardians and the Tampa Bay Rays. Cleveland leads that series 2-1 after a 3-2 win on Thursday.

Sources: NBC News, The Guardian, Fox News