Game result and context
Brewers edge Dodgers 2-1 in NLCS Game 1, take 1-0 series lead
The Milwaukee Brewers beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-1 on October 11, 2026, in Game 1 of the NL Championship Series. Brice Turang tied the game with a solo home run in the fourth, Milwaukee went ahead in the fifth, and neither team scored over the final four innings. The Brewers lead the best-of-seven series 1-0.
Final result
The Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-1 in nine innings at American Family Field on October 11, 2026. The win opened the NL Championship Series with Milwaukee in front.
The Brewers are 1-0 and the Dodgers are 0-1. Milwaukee hit the game's only home run and finished with two runs. Los Angeles managed one.
How the game changed
The Dodgers struck first with a run in the top of the second, and Andy Pages drove it in. That lead held until the bottom of the fourth, when Brice Turang hit a solo home run to tie the game at 1.
Milwaukee pushed ahead with another run in the bottom of the fifth. Luis Lara drove in the Brewers' other run. From there the game belonged to the pitchers. Neither team scored in the sixth, seventh, eighth or ninth innings, and the one-run margin held.
Key performances
Turang went 1-for-2 with a run scored, a home run and an RBI. Lara was 1-for-3 with an RBI. For Los Angeles, Pages went 1-for-4 and drove in the Dodgers' only run.
Jacob Misiorowski started for Milwaukee and worked 4.1 innings, striking out five and allowing one earned run. Tarik Skubal took the loss for the Dodgers, going 5.0 innings with seven strikeouts and two earned runs; his decision left him at 1-1. Evan Phillips struck out three in a scoreless inning of relief for Los Angeles.
Season and playoff context
This was a postseason game, the opener of the best-of-seven NL Championship Series. It was not a series clincher.
Series context
Milwaukee leads the series 1-0 after holding serve at home in Game 1. The Brewers need three more wins to take the series. The Dodgers will try to even it in Game 2.