Coming off a stellar 2-1 victory in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series, the Milwaukee Brewers have already done better than they did against the Los Angeles Dodgers a year ago.

In the 2025 NLCS, the Dodgers swept the Brewers in a heartbreaking, soul-crushing best-of-seven series that barely saw Milwaukee put up a fight.

Here in 2026, things are different. This was once again a Brewers team that had the best record in all of baseball, but there's something special about this team, and they're carrying that momentum into another sold-out crowd at American Family Field.

Jacob Misiorowski didn't have his best stuff in Game 1, so it'll be interesting to see how Logan Henderson looks in Game 2.

Remember, Henderson hasn't allowed more than three earned runs in any of his 24 career starts, which includes his NLDS performance this season.

Standing across from Henderson in Game 2 will be none other than Yoshinobu Yamamoto. The 28-year-old sensation sported a 14-9 record with a 2.53 ERA this season, which was the fifth-best in all of baseball.

Coming off a game where the Brewers faced Tarik Skubal, a southpaw, they now know there will be some changes to their lineup against the right-handed Yamamoto.

It may have been a head-scratching decision to some, but manager Pat Murphy put Andrew Vaughn in the lineup as the Brewers' designated hitter over Christian Yelich.

Longtime Brewers fans know Yelich has indeed struggled against lefties, and while he got the start against Robbie Ray in the NLDS, things were different this time around.

Vaughn's spot in the lineup worked to perfection, but now Yelich will undoubtedly be back in the fold, and the franchise's first-ever captain has been on a heater, and Milwaukee will need him to stay hot if they want to make it to the World Series.

The Dodgers waited until Game 3 of the NLDS before using Yamamoto. Their decision ended up paying off as he threw seven innings of one-run baseball where he only allowed four hits.

The most impressive part? He struck out 10 batters and only walked one. Of the 98 pitches he threw, 62 of those were for strikes. The Brewers love to be patient at the plate, so it's important to note his 18 first-pitch strikes against the 26 batters he faced.

Milwaukee seemed to get behind in the count quite frequently against Skubal, so it'll be interesting to see their approach against Yamamoto as they try to get him out of the game far earlier than the seventh inning.