MILWAUKEE — William Contreras delivered a game-tying home run in the fifth inning and a go-ahead RBI single in the sixth as the Milwaukee Brewers rallied for a 7-4 Game 2 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers to take a 2-0 lead in the National League Championship Series.
Contreras drove in a run with each of his three hits while Christian Yelich drove in a pair of runs as the series shifts to Los Angeles for Game 3 on Wednesday.
Four Milwaukee relievers retired all 15 batters they faced with JoJo Romero (1-1) earning the win with a 1-2-3 sixth and Aaron Ashby picking up his first save of the postseason with 1 2/3 scoreless innings. The bullpen recorded seven of the Brewers’ nine strikeouts.
Freddie Freeman and Teoscar Hernandez each had an RBI for the Dodgers, who did not score any runs with the aid of a base hit. Freeman and Hernandez each had a sacrifice fly while Los Angeles scored a pair of runs on two Logan Henderson throwing errors.
Dodgers ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto lasted just 2 2/3 innings, allowing three runs on four hits with two walks and a strikeout over 75 pitches. Henderson gave up four runs (two earned) on three hits with two walks in four innings for the Brewers.
Hernandez gave Los Angeles a 1-0 lead in the first with a flyout to center that scored Mookie Betts. Contreras tied the game in the bottom of the first on an RBI single.
The Dodgers moved in front 2-1 in the third when Henderson’s wild pickoff throw to first base allowed Tommy Edman to score from third. The Brewers loaded the bases in their half of the third when Jake Bauers worked a 12-pitch walk against Yamamoto. Two pitches later, Yelich lined a two-run single to center for a 3-2 lead.
The Dodgers tied the score 3-3 in the fifth when Henderson’s throw to first on an Edman bunt was wild, which allowed Kyle Tucker to score. Freeman added his sacrifice fly for a 4-3 lead later in the inning.
Contreras crushed a home run to center off Kris Bubic in the fifth to tie the score and added a single to left off Brock Stewart (0-1) in the sixth to score David Hamilton with what became the winning run. Brice Turang and Bauers each had RBI singles in the eighth for a 7-4 lead.
