Oct 16, 2026 3:34 AM
The Milwaukee Brewers erased a four-run deficit behind Garrett Mitchell’s go-ahead blast and lockdown relief pitching.
For the first time in franchise history, the Milwaukee Brewers have won the National League Championship Series.
It took an unreal effort from Aaron Ashby, along with six unanswered runs put up against the back-to-back World Series Champions.
Garrett Mitchell stunned Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Tanner Scott with a left-on-left home run in the sixth inning to put the Brewers ahead, 5-4.
From there, they never looked back. An early 4-0 deficit didn't change this team's approach, and if anything, it only motivated them further as they went to Los Angeles and stunned the team that swept them a year ago.
Brewers won with as many walks as hits
Milwaukee may have only had five hits in the game, but they also drew five walks, which helped turn into six runs.
Officially, No. 9 hitter David Hamilton led the way with two hits. He had a pair of RBIs and two runs, and it was his ninth-inning solo shot that put the exclamation mark on the Brewers' first World Series appearance since 1982.
Brice Turang drew two of the five walks, and then William Contreras, Jake Bauers, and Sal Frelick got in on the fun. Sure, the Brewers may have struck out 10 times and may have had three fewer hits and one more error than the Dodgers, but in the end the only thing that mattered was the final score: 6-4.
Pat Murphy's decisions paid off
Shane Drohan wasn't exactly the sharpest, but that was to be expected after having over two full weeks off.
Dustin May ended up allowing a huge home run to Shohei Ohtani, but he locked back in and managed to go three innings.
Not often does a team only use four pitchers in a bullpen game, but the Brewers got five scoreless innings out of JoJo Romero and Aaron Ashby. Romero improved to 2-1 in the postseason while Ashby secured his second save.
Brewers manager Pat Murphy pulled the right strings here.
The ultimate Brewers victory
Both Hamilton and Bauers drove in runs with two outs, and Hamilton also had a stolen base in the game, as did Frelick.
In order to win 103 games, it has to be done in a wide variety of ways. Here in Game 4 of the NLCS, it was all grit.
Milwaukee could've easily surrendered when they were down 4-0, but instead they drew walks, put pressure on the basepaths, and locked things down with their bullpen.
It's been 44 years since a win has meant this much to this organization, and no one could've asked for a better win to get the job done.
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