Brewers sweep Dodgers to reach first World Series since 1982
Milwaukee completed a four-game NLCS sweep with a 6–4 win, ending the Dodgers’ bid for a third straight title.
The Milwaukee Brewers beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6–4 in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series, completing a four-game sweep and reaching the World Series for the first time since 1982. The win sends Milwaukee into baseball’s championship series and ends the Dodgers’ bid for a third straight title.
Milwaukee has never won an MLB title, according to NBC News. Its last World Series appearance came in 1982, making this pennant a milestone for a club that entered the postseason with the most regular-season wins in the majors. The Brewers’ opponent had not yet been decided when NBC News reported the result.
How the Brewers reached the World Series
The Brewers won 103 games during the regular season, a franchise record, Front Office Sports reported. That gave Milwaukee the strongest regular-season win total in MLB before it faced the two-time defending champion Dodgers in the NLCS. Four consecutive wins over Los Angeles then settled the National League pennant without a fifth game.
Pitching was a substantial part of Milwaukee’s season. NBC News reported a 3.23 team earned-run average over the regular season and a 1.74 ERA in the postseason at the time of its report. Those figures put the sweep in the context of the Brewers’ broader run, rather than treating the four NLCS games as their only measure of success.
The small-market stakes for Milwaukee
Front Office Sports described Milwaukee as MLB’s smallest media market and reported that the Brewers’ $154.7 million luxury-tax payroll ranked 19th. The pennant therefore pairs the league’s best regular-season win total with a payroll outside its top half. The figures help explain why this World Series berth stands out beyond the long wait since 1982.
The Dodgers entered the postseason seeking a third consecutive championship. Milwaukee’s sweep ended that possibility and left the Brewers awaiting the American League champion. NBC News reported that Cleveland led Tampa Bay 2–1 in the Guardians–Rays ALCS when it published its account; that series still had to determine Milwaukee’s opponent.
The World Series was scheduled to begin Oct. 23 at American Family Field, Front Office Sports reported. That would put the opening game in Milwaukee, where the Brewers would pursue the first MLB title in club history after a record-setting regular season and a sweep of the defending champions.
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Sources and context
- Small-Market Brewers Clinch First NL Pennant With Sweep of DodgersFront Office Sports (story by Eric Fisher; hosted by Yahoo Sports)
- Brewers sweep Dodgers to reach World Series for first time since 1982NBC News (Greg Rosenstein)
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