MILWAUKEE — Sixty years ago, the only pitcher with a statue at Dodger Stadium delivered the most dominant postseason performance in franchise history. Sandy Koufax, meet Blake Snell. With apologies to Orel Hershiser and his classic run in 1988, the three postseason starts put up by Koufax in 1965 practically mirror the three postseason starts put up by Snell so far in …
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MILWAUKEE — With the biggest pitch of the ballgame looming, Blake Treinen toed the rubber, exhaled and reared back to deliver what he hoped would be a game-ending fastball. Out of hand, he knew he’d missed his spot. But Treinen’s initial frustration gave way to relief when Brice Turang chased above the zone for strike three, stranding the Brewers’ tying …
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MILWAUKEE — The reason the Milwaukee Brewers are in the National League Championship Series is because of plays like the one that ended the fourth inning Monday night. A strange, one-in-a-million, 400-foot double-play in which one Brewers fielder made a spectacular defensive effort, and another never lost awareness of a wacky situation — highlighting the underappreciated skillset and sound fundamentals that made …
Read More »MILWAUKEE (AP) — Max Muncy was inches away from hitting a grand slam for the Los Angeles Dodgers to open the scoring in the National League Championship Series. Little did he know his 404-foot drive instead would end the top of the fourth inning Monday night in one of the most incredible plays of this or any postseason. “It’s definitely …
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Leave it to the common sense-defying 2025 Brewers to turn a 404-foot fly ball into a double play. In Game 1 of the NLCS on Monday night (LA 2, MIL 1), Milwaukee turned Max Muncy’s rocket to the center field wall into force outs at home plate and third base to escape a bases-loaded jam and keep the game scoreless. …
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Even if neither the Los Angeles Dodgers nor Milwaukee Brewers go on to win this year’s World Series, they’re going to be part of highlight reels for decades to come. The Brewers turned one of the most confusing and astonishing double plays in postseason history on Monday evening in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series — on a …
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Jesse RogersOct 13, 2025, 09:56 PM ET Close Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Brewers pulled off the first 8-6-2 double play in MLB postseason history against the Los Angeles Dodgers amid a scoreless Game 1 of the National League Division Series on Monday night. With the bases loaded and …
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Monday’s slate in Major League Baseball continues tonight with Game 1 of the National League Championship Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Milwaukee Brewers. Blake Snell gets the start for the Dodgers. He was strong across 11 regular-season starts after a lengthy stay on the injured list for shoulder inflammation, and he’s been even more impressive across two starts …
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The Dodgers lineup against the Brewers in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series on Monday night in Milwaukee looks an awful lot like their previous lineups this postseason, but with Max Muncy back at third base, batting seventh. Muncy this postseason has five hits, including a double, in 16 at-bats, with three walks and a hit by pitch, …
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The Dodgers are the reigning World Series champions and a team laden with stars. But in the span of nine games in July, the Brewers had their number. The Brewers are aiming to return to the World Series for the second time in franchise history, and the first since 1982, when they lost to the Cardinals in seven games. “I’m …
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