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See you here tomorrow night for Game 7, folks: the Brewers win 7-2. More like, uh, B00-for-4? Let me work on that. The Dodgers have four outs left to come back and avoid a Game 7, by the way. Three outs, now, as Bellinger flies out to center. Josh Hader was shown in the bullpen, but with a four-run lead, the Brewers might not even need to use their top relief ace. And that could have major Game 7 implications, given Hader can go long. Here are the Brewers in the bottom of the frame, once again against Maeda. Braun strikes out, which brings up pinch-hitter Hernan Perez for Travis Shaw. Perez grounds into a force out, but the Dodgers fail to turn the double play, and the next batter, Aguilar, drives in a run to make it 7-2. Hader better not be coming out of that pen next frame, because there is legitimately no reason for it. Moustakas grounds out to end the inning, but man. The Brewers get to send Burnes to the mound again, and might get out of this game without using either of Hader or Joakim Soria. Things start off well here with a popup to Kratz. Muncy struck out swinging. One for each inning, sort of! Grandal remained in the game as the catcher, after all. The call on the field stands. The Dodgers intentionally walk Moustakas here to get to Kratz, who is now pinch-hitter Curtis Granderson. Granderson strikes out, bringing up Arcia. I know the Brewers need to worry about Game 7, but they need to win Game 6 first. Bellinger grounds out to Aguilar at first to begin the inning, and then Joc Pederson pinch-hits for Chris Taylor. Ow ow ow ow ow, Pederson got hit on the hand by a 96 mph fastball. Knebel shows why his manager stuck with him, striking out Barnes to end the top of the sixth. The Brewers go back to the top of the order in the bottom of the frame: Cain, Yelich, and Braun. The move works, as Shaw strikes out swinging. We head to the seventh with Milwaukee up 5-2 in a must-win game. Also known as his only inning. Brian Dozier walks and then score on a Freese double, so hey, this worked in one regard. I give him shit all the time, so just know it was John Smoltz who correctly pointed this out! Muncy at least follows with a walk, and that gets Wade Miley lifted from the game. Turner flies out, and that brings up Manny Machado and the Boo Crew. Because the Brewers are the Brew Crew? And the fans are booing Machado every time? Alex Wood is on the mound now for the Dodgers, and he begins his outing by walking Travis Shaw on good pitches. That brings up Aguilar. He goes down on strikes, but it just brings up Moustakas — Moose goes down on strikes, too. Kratz comes up and gets hit by a pitch, putting Shaw in scoring position. Wood will load the bases by intentionally walking Arcia. There are two outs, so the Brewers bring Domingo Santana to the on-deck circle just to see if Roberts would pull Wood. Knebel strikes out — big shock there — and Dodgers fans can breathe a sight of relief. The Dodgers are having a great Game 6, thank you for asking. It turns out that the Orioles does wash off eventually! Well, good luck, Los Angeles. Whatever works for you, my dudes. Julio Urias is in to face Cain, and gets him to ground out to first. He then strikes out Yelich. Muncy lines out, and Turner follows with a strikeout — that means the boos are back for Machado. Eric Kratz leads off the bottom of the third, and grounds out on the second pitch. Yasiel Puig flies out for the first out of the frame, and then Austin Barnes strikes out. That brings up Ryu, which you think would mean the end of the inning is at hand, but nope: Ryu singles to right, pushing Taylor to third, and that turns the lineup back over to David Freese. Freese already homered to lead off Game 6. Cain flies out to Puig in right field. Oh hey there Christian Yelich, how nice of you to join the NLCS. Shaw hits a grounder up the middle, Machado fields it, Braun heads to third, but there are now two down. Dodgers to hit a home run leading off a postseason game: Lopes Crawford Taylor Pederson FREESE— Eric Stephen ericstephen Did you know Freese homered in the first inning of the last Game 6 at Miller Park, back in 2011? Justin Turner singles to center, bringing up Manny Machado, who gets a sustained boo from the Miller Park crowd through the entire at-bat — the crowd only paused to cheer for strikes, and they got to do so three times. Manny Machado, meet the Milwaukee Booers. Diving play, with a strong throw to first, and the Brewers hold the Dodgers to a 1-0 lead heading into the bottom of the first. Max Muncy is playing second for the Dodgers, and Lorenzo Cain singles after hitting a grounder at second. Christian Yelich, the presumptive NL MVP who has yet to do anything of substance at the plate in this series, grounds out, but does manage to push Cain to second. Ryan Braun walks on four straight balls from Hyun-jin Ryu, giving Travis Shaw a couple of baserunners with just the one out. Ryu gets him down 0-2. He gets Shaw to strike out on a foul tip, bringing up Jesús Aguilar. Aguilar lifts a ball into right field, and it gets into the corner — the Brewers tie it up and then take the lead, 2-1. Aguilar is standing on second, and before I can finish typing that sentence, Mike Moustakas doubles to drive him in. Miley skies one into center that almost got past Cody Bellinger — Bellinger recovered in time in his route to snag it, though, ending the first. This is more of a technicality of course, Miley only started as a ruse in Game 5, facing one batter before he was replaced by. Their starters in the NLCS have pitched a total of 14 innings, the fewest by any team through five games of a League Championship Series, per the Elias Sports Bureau. After Miley in Game 6 the Brewers have ready for Game 7, if necessary. Neither has allowed a run this postseason. Should the Dodgers win Friday, or Saturday, they will reach the World Series in consecutive seasons.
