{"id":497806,"date":"2026-10-16T07:02:27","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T07:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/497806\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T07:02:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T07:02:27","slug":"dodgers-three-peat-dream-dies-with-game-4-nlcs-loss-to-brewers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/497806\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers’ three-peat dream dies with Game 4 NLCS loss to Brewers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The hope for a Dodgers<\/a> comeback in the National League Championship Series ended with the smack of the ball hitting leather.<\/p>\n

Milwaukee Brewers<\/a> left fielder Jackson Chourio, sprinting toward the warning track, had to leap to reel in Kik\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez\u2019s line drive in the gap. But he secured the catch. And ended the Dodgers\u2019 season. <\/p>\n

The Dodgers\u2019 hopes of making National League history with a three-peat died with a 6-4 loss to the Brewers on Thursday, completing Milwaukee\u2019s four-game sweep.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt sucked,\u201d veteran left fielder Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez<\/a> said. \u201cEspecially after [what] we had done the last two years. This year at the beginning of the year, what we\u2019ve been through, a lot of injuries throughout the year the last two years, a lot of ups and downs. It just sucked that we\u2019re in this situation, but it\u2019s part of the game. <\/p>\n

\u201cSomebody has to win, somebody has to lose. This time, we\u2019re the ones that lost, and just reflect on everything that we didn\u2019t do great this year and just try to do it next year.\u201d<\/p>\n

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As the Dodgers\u2019 postseason hype video declared before the game: \u201cOctober doesn\u2019t remember who came close. It remembers who triumphs.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Dodgers, after reinforcing to their back-to-back championship roster in the offseason and entering the year as the World Series favorites, fell short. And instead the Brewers will represent the National League, making their first trip to the Fall Classic in 44 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey may have a bunch of Hall of Famers, but we have a bunch of gamers,\u201d Brewers manager Pat Murphy said from the stage. \u201cAnd the gamers won this week.\u201d<\/p>\n

When the Dodgers went down 3-0 in the series, they faced a steep climb that only one team in MLB history has overcome. But the Dodgers showed resolve to begin the game.<\/p>\n

Three singles in the second inning gave the Dodgers a lead, with Andy Pages<\/a> driving in the first run. It was his third hit of the postseason with runners in scoring position and the Dodgers\u2019 fourth overall. Then with two outs, Ohtani not only prolonged the inning but also made it the Dodgers\u2019 highest-scoring frame of the postseason, with their first home run of the series.<\/p>\n

It had been a maddening couple of months as Ohtani battled injuries, slid down the batting order and failed to produce when the Dodgers needed him most \u2014 in the postseason.<\/p>\n

Then on Thursday, with the Dodgers on the brink of elimination, one swing momentarily wiped all that away.<\/p>\n

Ohtani got his bat head down to a cutter from former Dodgers pitcher Dustin May<\/a> on the inside corner. He lifted it into the stands for a three-run home run.<\/p>\n

Ohtani turned to the Dodgers\u2019 dugout, spread his arms wide and tossed his bat to the side. He tilted his face to the sky and yelled. He punched the air.<\/p>\n

This was the version of Ohtani the Dodgers had sorely been missing. He announced his return with authority. And he breathed life into a stadium that had a crowd of only 49,104 \u2014 short of a sellout.<\/p>\n

It was his first home run since Aug. 18. And it had been even longer since he\u2019d hit a homer quite like that. With an exit velocity of 113.1 mph, it was his hardest-hit home run since June 20 and his third-hardest hit of the year, according to Statcast.<\/p>\n

Even more important, it was the big swing the Dodgers had been waiting for all series.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was something that you don\u2019t see very often from Shohei,\u201d manager Dave Roberts<\/a> said. \u201cI think it was a lot of pent-up anger, frustration. It was the best ball he hit in probably two, three months, and it was a big hit. So I think that for him to look at the dugout, show that emotion, it just shows how much he cares. He\u2019s still human. He still cares and wants to help his team win a baseball game. That was a big hit.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dodgers starter Tyler Glasnow<\/a> kept the good vibes going, retiring the first 10 batters he faced. But the Brewers, as they had all series, had a comeback in them.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe got a nice lead, we got Glas on the mound, we\u2019re confident behind him,\u201d third baseman Max Muncy<\/a> said. \u201cAnd they just kept stringing together one good at-bat after another after another after another. They were just kind of relentless.\u201d<\/p>\n

It began with one out in the fourth inning, as Brice Turang drew a walk, the first baserunner against Glasnow. Then William Contreras and Jake Bauers each bounced ground-rule doubles into the stands, Bauers\u2019 driving in two runs to cut the Dodgers\u2019 lead in half.<\/p>\n

\"Dodgers <\/p>\n

Shohei Ohtani strikes out with a runner on third during the seventh inning.<\/p>\n

(Gina Ferazzi \/ Los Angeles Times)<\/p>\n

The next inning, the Brewers used a walk, stolen base and David Hamilton\u2019s RBI single to trim the Dodgers\u2019 lead to one and knock Glasnow out of the game.<\/p>\n

Right hander Evan Phillips replaced him and loaded the bases the rest of the way, before left-hander Alex Vesia entered to face Bauers, who had been a nightmare for the Dodgers this series. <\/p>\n

Vesia walked Bauers on four pitches, tying the score at 4-4.<\/p>\n

The Dodgers had lost their momentum, but they still had time. <\/p>\n

Then, in the sixth, Dodgers setup man Tanner Scott took the mound early, at an inflection point in the contest. He worked ahead 0-and-2 in the count to Garrett Mitchell. But Mitchell spat on three straight balls to get to a full count.<\/p>\n

Scott missed down the middle with a fastball. Mitchell sent it over the fence to give the Brewers the lead for the first time.<\/p>\n

Even down by a run, Roberts continued to manage like he had hope, bringing in Edwin D\u00edaz<\/a> in the seventh to keep the game close.<\/p>\n

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The Dodgers\u2019 offense got runners to third in three straight innings. In the sixth, Kyle Tucker<\/a> hit a one-out double, and Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez<\/a> moved him over with a groundout. In the seventh, Pages led off with a double, and Kik\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez bunted him over. In the eighth, with one out, Will Smith cut out the middle man by doubling into the right-field corner and advancing to third when Milwaukee\u2019s Sal Frelick misplayed the carom off the wall.<\/p>\n

The Dodgers stranded all three at third, failing to score the tying run. <\/p>\n

\u201cThey just outplayed us this series,\u201d first baseman Freddie Freeman<\/a> said. \u201cThat\u2019s just kind of how it goes. We had our opportunities. We just didn\u2019t get it done.\u201d<\/p>\n

D\u00edaz did his part to keep the Dodgers in the game, retiring eight straight batters. But the ninth batter he faced, Hamilton, hit a solo homer to add cushion to the Brewers\u2019 lead.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wouldn\u2019t want to go through this with any other group of guys,\u201d Muncy said. \u201cWe really tried to do something special in this clubhouse, and I know next year we\u2019ll be ready to get right back to it. But right now, this sucks.\u201d<\/p>\n

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