Game result and context
Brewers beat Dodgers 6-2 in NLCS Game 3, take 3-0 series lead
Milwaukee erased a one-run deficit with a three-run seventh inning at UNIQLO Field at Dodger Stadium and beat Los Angeles 6-2 in Game 3 of the NL Championship Series. Jake Bauers and Garrett Mitchell homered in the seventh after Jackson Chourio went deep in the first. The Brewers lead the best-of-seven series 3-0.
Final result
The Milwaukee Brewers beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-2 on October 14, 2026, at UNIQLO Field at Dodger Stadium in Game 3 of the NL Championship Series.
Milwaukee is 3-0 and Los Angeles is 0-3. The Brewers outhit the Dodgers in the power column, 3-0 in home runs.
How the game changed
The seventh inning decided it. The Dodgers had just taken a 2-1 lead with two runs in the bottom of the sixth, and the Brewers answered right away. Jake Bauers hit a two-run homer and Garrett Mitchell followed with a solo shot as Milwaukee scored three times to go ahead 4-2.
Jackson Chourio had opened the scoring with a solo home run in the top of the first, and that 1-0 lead held for five innings. Milwaukee added a run in the eighth and another in the ninth to finish the scoring.
By inning, the Brewers scored 1 in the first, 3 in the seventh, 1 in the eighth and 1 in the ninth. The Dodgers' only runs came in the sixth.
Key performances
Bauers went 1 for 4 with a home run, a run scored and two RBIs. Mitchell was 1 for 3 with a homer, a run and an RBI, and Chourio went 1 for 5 with a homer, a run and an RBI.
Robert Gasser kept the Dodgers off the board for five innings, allowing no earned runs and striking out three.
For Los Angeles, Blake Snell struck out nine over 6.0 innings but was charged with four earned runs and took the loss, falling to 0-1. Will Smith went 1 for 4 and drove in both Dodgers runs.
Season and playoff context
The win gives Milwaukee a 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven NL Championship Series, leaving the Brewers one victory from advancing. Game 3 was not a clincher.
The Dodgers, at 0-3, now need to win four straight games to stay alive.
Series context
This was Game 3 of a scheduled seven-game series. Milwaukee has won all three games so far, the latest on the road in Los Angeles.