6-4 win<\/a> to complete a four-game sweep.<\/p>\n\u201cI\u2019m not used to those consolation speeches,\u201d Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. \u201cI personally told our guys that there\u2019s no apologies, there\u2019s no sorrys. We gave it everything we had, and it wasn\u2019t good enough. That\u2019s part of life.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Dodgers hit under .100 with runners in scoring position during the postseason.<\/p>\n
They wasted multiple opportunities over the final four innings. Trailing 5-4 in the sixth, the Dodgers had a runner in scoring position, as well as in the seventh and eighth.<\/p>\n
But Max Muncy struck out to end the sixth, Mookie Betts grounded out to end the seventh and Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez struck out to close the eighth. The Dodgers went down in order in the ninth to end their season.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe got outplayed in all facets,\u201d Roberts said. \u201cThose guys played flawless. Defensively they pitched better than we did, they hit better than we did, they slugged more than we did. You\u2019ve got to sometimes just tip your cap.\u201d <\/p>\n
Ohtani and Will Smith slumped badly throughout the Division Series win over Atlanta in four games and the NLCS defeat.<\/p>\n
Ohtani’s homer was his first since Aug. 18. Overall, he batted .192 (5 for 26) in eight playoff games with 10 strikeouts, four walks, three RBIs and three runs.<\/p>\n
Smith was even worse. The All-Star catcher went 3 for 31 (.097) with nine strikeouts, two doubles, no homers, one walk and two RBIs.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know there wasn’t one pitch, one at-bat,\u201d said first baseman Freddie Freeman, who was 0 for 3 with a strikeout on Thursday. \u201cThey just outplayed us in the series, which is kind of how it goes. We had our opportunities. We didn’t get the job done.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dodgers starter Tyler Glasnow retired his first 10 batters \u2014 six on strikeouts \u2014 while working with a 4-0 lead. But the right-hander was tagged by Jake Bauer’s two-run double in the fourth and David Hamilton’s RBI single that chased Glasnow in the fifth and left Milwaukee trailing 4-3.<\/p>\n
Alex Vesia followed reliever Evan Phillips and issued a bases-loaded walk to Bauers, the NLCS MVP, that forced in the tying run in the same inning, when the Dodgers issued four walks and the Brewers stole two bases.<\/p>\n
Tanner Scott allowed a two-strike homer to Garrett Mitchell leading off the sixth as Milwaukee went ahead 5-4. <\/p>\n
In the ninth, Edwin D\u00edaz got two quick outs before Hamilton, the No. 9 hitter, homered for a 6-4 lead.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery facet of the game, if you kind of unpack it, we were bested,\u201d Roberts said.<\/p>\n
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