The Dodgers have had no problem beating the Brewers in the playoffs in recent years. The regular season, however, had been a different story.
Nine straight times since then, they had lost to their smaller-market –– and much less-well-funded –– fellow National League contenders, their longest active streak against any opponent.
Finally, that rut finally ended with an 11-3 win Saturday, on a night the Dodgers came from behind before making club history. , the Dodgers surged in front with a four-run rally in the fourth; keyed by doubles from Freddie Freeman and Andy Pages, then a go-ahead three-run blast from Teoscar Hernández clanged off the left-field foul pole.
Hernández would help the team pull away late, as well, matching his MLB career-high with six RBIs after a run-scoring single in a three-run eighth and a two-run single in a four-run ninth. Overall, the Dodgers finished with 10 hits and a season-high 11 walks. It was their third time scoring double-digit runs in the last week.to complete a five-inning outing without any further damage, then turned the lead over to their recently flawless bullpen the rest of the way.
With four more scoreless frames Saturday, the club’s relief corps has now gone 36 innings without giving up a run. That broke the franchise’s previous record-long bullpen streak, surpassing a 33-inning run from the club’s 1998 team. Now that the Dodgers have won a game against the Brewers , they can go for a series victory on Sunday.
The club hasn’t had one of those against Milwaukee since July 2024, and hasn’t taken a series at American Family Field since May 2023. In October, they have won seven-straight games in the matchup, dating from last year’s NL Championship Series sweep to a pennant-clinching Game 7 triumph in the 2018 NLCS. Literally everyone in the Dodgers’ bullpen lately –– including Alex Vesia, Kyle Hurt, Tanner Scott and Jonathan Hernández on Saturday.
Vesia and Hurt entered the game in high-leverage spots, protecting what was only a 4-3 lead in the sixth and seventh innings. They both did so by stranding baserunners, with Vesia working around a leadoff walk and Hurt getting away with two free passes . While Hurt’s 0.60 ERA is the best among the Dodgers’ bullpen , Scott’s contributions have been perhaps the most important.
Since Edwin Díaz’s injury, he has become the most trusted arm at the back end of games. And after a scoreless seventh inning that included three strikeouts on Saturday, he now has a 1.31 ERA on the season and 14 strikeouts in his current nine-appearance scoreless streak.
Now that the Dodgers have won a game against the Brewers , they can go for a series victory on SundayMax Muncy was still not feeling great Saturday, after exiting Friday’s game in the eighth inning when he was hit in the wrist by a pitch. However, manager Dave Roberts reiterated that he did not expect Muncy to go on the injured list, after Friday night X-rays on Muncy’s wrist came back negative.
Muncy did not play Saturday, and might not be back in the lineup until Tuesday as he works to alleviate swelling and soreness in the area he got plunked. While the X-rays were clean, Roberts said it is possible that Muncy could go for further imaging when the team returns home Monday.
The club won’t be in a rush to get Muncy back in the lineup, especially with Kiké Hernández set to come off the injured list Monday after missing the start of the season recovering from offseason elbow surgery.
“Obviously should be considered, depending on how he responds over the next couple of days,” Roberts said. “But I doubt it . ”The series rubber match will be on Sunday afternoon, when Yoshinobu Yamamoto faces Brandon Sproat . Now that the Dodgers have won a game against the Brewers , they can go for a series victory on Sunday
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