Summary of the Dodgers 2-1 Brewers game (Oct. 13, 2025)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Blake Snell allowed only one runner on base in eight scoreless innings before the bullpen Los Angeles barely hold on, since the Dodgers they opened the National League Championship Series with a victory 2-1 over the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday night.
Blake Treinen struck out Brice Turang with the bases loaded to end the game. Freddie Freeman hit a solo home run for Los Angeles, breaking a scoreless tie in the sixth inning.
The Dodgers led 2-0 when they turned the ball over to rookie Roki Sasaki in the ninth after Snell struck out 10 batters and threw 103 pitches. Sasaki had worked 5 1/3 scoreless innings while adjusting to a bullpen role in the NL Division Series against the Philadelphia Phillies, but he wasn’t as sharp Monday.
Isaac Collins walked with one out and Jake Bauers hit a ground-rule double that bounced over the center field wall. Jackson Chourio hit a sacrifice fly that scored Collins and advanced pinch-runner Brandon Lockridge to third. Christian Yelich walked on a 3-2 pitch low and out.
That’s when Dodgers manager Dave Roberts pulled Sasaki and brought in Treinen.
Yelich stole second to move the potential winning run into scoring position before William Contreras walked on a 3-2 pitch low and out. After Treinen nearly hit Turang with a pitch — which would have tied the game — Turang struck out swinging a 2-for-2 fastball around the neck.
“That’s what you imagine in the playoffs. You’re on the edge of your seat for nine innings,” Freeman said. “That was a massive road win for us in the NLCS.”
Snell didn’t try to convince Roberts to let him pitch the ninth.
“He said that was it, so I just trust him,” Snell said.
Game two of the best-of-seven series is Tuesday night, with Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitching for Los Angeles and Freddy Peralta starting for Milwaukee in an All-Star matchup.
This National League Championship Series is a study in contrasts, with the Brewers playing in MLB’s smallest market while the defending World Series champion Dodgers have the most expensive roster.
Brewers manager Pat Murphy referenced the difference in star power between the two teams by joking during his pregame press conference: “I’m sure most Dodger players can’t name eight guys on our roster.”
Still, the Brewers had swept all six of their regular-season matchups with the Dodgers. All of those games came in July, while Snell was on the disabled list with shoulder inflammation.
Snell showed Monday how much of a difference he can make. The two-time Cy Young Award winner walked none and allowed just one hit: a leadoff single by Caleb Durbin in the third.
Durbin was caught off base, and Snell retired his final 17 batters. He became the first pitcher to face the minimum 24 batters in eight innings in a postseason game since Don Larsen launched his perfect game for the New York Yankees against the Brooklyn Dodgers in the World Series of 1956.
“When you have a starting rotation like we have, who are healthy and feel good about themselves, it’s going to be tough,” Freeman said.
Freeman’s home run came after the Brewers thwarted a couple of Los Angeles chances, most notably on a bizarre 8-6-2 double play that came within inches of turning into a Max Muncy grand slam.
