Oct 13, 2026 1:02 PM

The Milwaukee Brewers' bullpen heroics and Jake Bauers’ marathon walk eclipsed defensive blunders and a quiet night from Jackson Chourio.

The Milwaukee Brewers put together a stellar performance as they took a 2-0 series lead over the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Milwaukee is now a perfect 4-0 this postseason when playing at American Family Field, and at the very least, this series is guaranteed to come back to Wisconsin.

Obviously, there's a chance it ends in Los Angeles; it just all comes down to how those three games play out.

Three was the magic number in Game 2 as the Brewers defeated the Dodgers, 7-4.

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LA managed to get just three hits in the game, and it's quite notable that a pair of their runs came off throwing errors from Logan Henderson.

Another short start for the Brewers

One night after Jacob Misiorowski didn't look his sharpest, Henderson came out and pitched a few stellar innings, only for a pair of errant throws to derail everything.

He exited the game in the top of the fifth, and while some questioned why he returned to the mound, manager Pat Murphy made up his mind that he'd get to face the eighth and ninth hitters one final time.

Things didn't go according to plan, and even with Henderson having two errors against him, only two of his four runs allowed were earned.

It's crazy to think the Brewers have only gotten 8.1 innings out of Miz and Henderson in the National League Championship Series, but their bullpen has more than made up for it.

Jackson Chourio went 0-for-5

In a game where the Brewers scored seven runs on 12 hits, it's almost unheard of that Jackson Chourio would be hitless.

The 22-year-old sensation continues to struggle in the postseason, and while he has a few big hits, he hasn't been able to get on base consistently.

This team will take him showing up when the lights shine the brightest, and thankfully for Chourio's sake, his 0-for-5 night was saved by a few other stellar players.

Jake Bauers' plate appearance changed everything

No one expected Yoshinobu Yamamoto to only last 2.2 innings, but that's exactly what happened in Milwaukee.

Yamamoto allowed three earned runs on four hits, and he issued a pair of walks, one of which was the longest plate appearance of Jake Bauers' career.

In the bottom of the third, Bauers extended the inning with a 12-pitch walk that saw him foul off six consecutive pitches with a full count.

After he reached base, Christian Yelich would single two pitches later, allowing the Brewers to take a 3-2 lead. 

In the end, they won by three runs, but that plate appearance from Bauers still changed the trajectory of this game, and potentially the entire series.

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