When Los Angeles Dodgers fans went to sleep on Tuesday night, they had a lot of dreams about Yoshinobu Yamamoto dancing in their heads.

Watching Yamamoto simply dominate Milwaukee Brewers hitters in a three-hit, complete-game masterpiece will go down in the franchise's history. Sandy Koufax? Of course. Don Drysdale? You bet.

But what Yamamoto did against the Brewers will be remembered for a long time to come.

"I established my rhythm," Yamamoto said through an interpreter, "and then I dictated the tempo based off the game."

The only run he gave up was on Brewers leadoff hitter Jackson Chourio's first-pitch solo homer in the first inning. After that, it was all Yoshinobu.

He kept the ball down all game long, getting Milwaukee hitters to flail away and ground out batter after batter. Yamamoto was around the strike zone all night long, too.

There was no answer from the Brewers in a 5-1 Dodgers win, giving LA a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven National League Championship Series. 

The Dodgers and Brewers have Wednesday off as they're traveling to the West Coast. Dodger Stadium will be rocking on Thursday night. Those fans are going to be absolutely nuts for their team. 

With good reason, too.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts is pushing all the right buttons. The Dodgers are doing just enough offensively to make it count against Milwaukee.

"If you look at the construction of our roster currently, the strength is starting pitching," Roberts said, according to MLB.com reporter Anthony DiComo. "And when you can have your most talented pitchers get the most outs, then you're in a good spot."

Shohei Ohtani has not been good in the postseason, leaving it up to Freddie Freeman, Mookie Betts, Teoscar Hernández and the rest of the Dodgers batting order to take up the slack.

Max Muncy and Hernández hit solo home runs for Los Angeles on Tuesday night. Ohtani did have an RBI single, too. Maybe he's going to get his bat going at home.

Blake Snell and Yamamoto have set a high bar for Dodgers starters to follow in Games 3 and 4. This NLCS might not reach Game 5 status at all if Los Angeles has anything to say about it.

If the Dodgers can get two more solid starts from their pitching staff, then they'll punch their ticket to a second straight World Series appearance.

That's a great thought, which could then set up Dodgers fans to celebrate all weekend long.