The Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-2 on Wednesday to take a 3-0 lead in the National League Championship Series.
Star outfielder Jackson Chourio set the tone for Milwaukee, hitting a first-pitch home run off Dodgers starter Blake Snell in the first inning.
Snell settled in from there, retiring 14 straight hitters at one point. His dominance, combined with a two-run double from struggling catcher Will Smith, allowed the Dodgers to briefly take a 2-1 lead in the sixth, but Milwaukee immediately answered.
Jake Bauers and Garrett Mitchell hit back-to-back home runs off Snell to chase the southpaw in the seventh. Bauers, who worked a 12-pitch at-bat against Yoshinobu Yamamoto in Game 2, hit his homer on the 11th pitch of his plate appearance against Snell.
"No matter what happens, especially in the postseason, punches are going to be thrown, it's going to be a back-and-forth," Mitchell told Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports during a postgame interview.
"You can't really stop yourself from getting punched, but it's how you respond to those punches and we responded."
Brewers starter Robert Gasser allowed no runs on three hits across five innings in a no-decision for Milwaukee. DL Hall picked up the win with 2 1/3 innings of relief before closer Trevor Megill locked down his fourth save of the postseason.
"We're gritty. It feels like we're a bunch of dirtbags out there. Putting together great at-bats, picking each other up and just doing that all year. That's been the key," Gasser said postgame, according to Sportsnet.
The Dodgers had their chances to score but were 1-for-6 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.
"It's a pretty simple answer - we're playing like shit, and they're playing great," Max Muncy said, according to ESPN's Alden Gonzalez.
Shohei Ohtani, who was moved down the lineup to sixth, was 1-for-2 with a walk. Brewers shortstop Cooper Pratt had a three-hit game and scored a run.
Milwaukee has a chance to sweep the reigning champions and advance to its first World Series since 1982 on Thursday.
Tyler Glasnow starts Game 4, which had its start time changed to 8 p.m. ET. The Brewers haven't announced their starter yet.
