LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 14: Jake Bauers #9 of the Milwaukee Brewers hits a two run Home Run during the seventh inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers in game three of the National League Championship Series at Dodger Stadium on October 14, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images)
Oct 15, 2026, 8:20 AM CT
Share
The Milwaukee Brewers are one win away from advancing to the World Series for the first time in 44 years.
The Brewers defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 3 of the National League Championship Series on Oct. 14 by a score of 6-2.
Milwaukee started strong after Jackson Chourio hit a home run on the first pitch of the game. Chourio now holds the MLB record for most home runs (6) before turning 23 years old.
Jake Bauers and Garrett Mitchell hit back-to-back homers off Blake Snell to regain the lead in the seventh inning and the Brewers held on to push the Dodgers to the brink of elimination.
It’s a clear reversal of last year’s NLCS in which the Dodgers swept the Brewers.
Game 4 is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Oct. 15.
Drake Bentley is the general assignment reporter for the Milwaukee Courier, covering politics, sports and the community. He is an award-winning investigative journalist who has worked for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Wisconsin State Journal, Newsweek, Heavy and The Sporting News. He is a northside Milwaukee native, former political staffer and graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and the University of Nebraska.
