Coming into Game 4 of the National League Championship Series, it felt like Milwaukee Brewers closer Trevor Megill was off the table.

Saving him for a potential Game 5 the next night felt like the right move to make, especially since he had thrown 18 pitches in Game 3.

Megill hadn't pitched in back-to-back games when he threw 18-plus pitches the night prior since June 28-29.

The only other time he did it this season was way back on April 4-5, so manager Pat Murphy decided to ride the hot hand in Aaron Ashby.

Ashby escaped a pair of jams in the seventh and eighth innings, and he shocked the world by becoming just the third player in MLB history with a three-plus-inning save in a series-clinching game.

According to Just Baseball, Ashby joins former Brewer Lance McCullers Jr., who did so in 2017, along with Madison Bumgarner, who had a five-inning save in 2014.

Milwaukee decided to use Shane Drohan as an opener, but he only made it through five batters.

After recording only three outs, the Brewers knew they had their work cut out for them. Dustin May came into the game, and he's struggled quite often this season.

The Los Angeles Dodgers exposed him, and it was leadoff hitter Shohei Ohtani who hit a three-run blast, which was his first since Aug. 18.

May would eventually settle in, but then the Brewers got five scoreless innings out of JoJo Romero and Ashby.

Romero allowed just one hit in his two innings. He struck out three batters and didn't walk one.

Then, things got interesting with former starter Ashby.

Ashby allowed a leadoff double to Andy Pages in the bottom of the seventh. The Dodgers bunted him over to third, but Ashby then recorded the final two outs on six pitches.

It was deja vu in the eighth as Will Smith would get on third base with only one out. He technically doubled, and then advanced to third on an error from Sal Frelick.

Once again, Ashby locked in. It was a repeat of the inning prior as Ashby recorded the final two outs on six pitches, leaving the tying run at third for the second consecutive inning.

Tommy Edman pinch-hit for Max Muncy in the ninth, but Ashby won a seven-pitch battle against him. From there, he recorded the final two outs on seven pitches, officially punching the Brewers ticket to their first World Series since 1982.