Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Milwaukee Brewers Scores, Stats and Recap – October 12, 2026 Gametracker

MILWAUKEE (AP) William Contreras hit a game-tying home run in the fifth and scored the go-ahead run an inning later as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-4 Monday in Game 2 of the National League Championship Series.

Four relievers combined to retire the final 15 Dodgers batters in order as the Brewers took a 2-0 lead over the two-time defending World Series champions in this best-of-seven series, which travels to Los Angeles for Game 3 on Wednesday.

The Brewers are chasing their second pennant and first in the NL. They made their only World Series appearance in 1982, while in the American League.

Los Angeles is trying to become the first National League team to win three consecutive World Series. The Dodgers last recovered from a 2-0 deficit to win a series in 2020, when they beat the Atlanta Braves in a seven-game NLCS before winning the World Series.

The Dodgers will need more punch from their lineup to have a chance of returning to the Fall Classic. They managed just three hits Monday and went 0 for 4 with runners in scoring position to fall to 2 for 26 in those situations in the postseason.

Los Angeles couldn’t even get a boost from Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who went 8-1 with a 2.14 ERA in 11 career postseason appearances. Yamamoto lasted just 2 2/3 innings for his shortest postseason start.

“It just wasn’t sharp today,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “He just didn’t have it tonight, which is very rare.”

The Dodgers took the lead three times in the first five innings. Milwaukee responded each time, the last time when Contreras tied it with a 436-foot homer to center Kris Bubic in the fifth.

This turned the game into a bullpen battle, where the Brewers once again had the advantage.

Dustin May, JoJo Romero, Abner Uribe and Aaron Ashby combined to shut down the Dodgers after Logan Henderson’s early exit. Brewers relievers have allowed one earned run in 28 2/3 innings this postseason.

The score was tied at 4 when Milwaukee’s David Hamilton was hit by a pitch from Brock Stewart to lead off the sixth. Stewart attempted a throw that came off first baseman Freddie Freeman’s glove and into foul territory for an error, advancing Hamilton to second.

After Jackson Chourio was grounded out, right-hander Stewart walked left-hander Brice Turang to face right-hander Contreras, who had homered in his previous plate appearance.

Contreras chose the left this time to bring Hamilton home with the go-ahead.

Turang and Jake Bauers added RBI singles in the eighth to extend Milwaukee’s lead.

The expected pitching duel between Yamamoto and Henderson did not go as planned.

In three previous postseason starts following Dodgers losses, Yamamoto was 3-0 with a 1.23 ERA. When he faced the Brewers in last year’s NLCS, he pitched the first complete game in the playoffs since Justin Verlander did so in 2017.

This time, Yamamoto couldn’t even get out of the third inning before leaving with the Dodgers trailing 3-2.

Henderson entered Monday without having allowed more than three runs in his 24 career starts (including the playoffs). That streak ended when he allowed four runs in four innings.

Because Henderson committed two errors – matching his previous career total – only two of the runs were earned.

Milwaukee trailed 2-1 in the third when Bauers capped a 12-pitch plate appearance by taking a 3-2 offering in the dirt to load the bases with a walk. Christian Yelich followed with a single up the middle that brought in two runs and knocked Yamamoto out of the game.

Los Angeles bailed out Yamamoto by scoring twice in the fifth.

After Kyle Tucker hit a leadoff double, Tommy Edman sacrificed him to third. Henderson fielded the bunt and made a wild throw to first, allowing Tucker to score and move Edman to second.

Edman advanced to third when Mookie Betts grounded out and scored on Freeman’s sacrifice fly.

Henderson also threw a wild pitch to first on a putout attempt in the third inning that allowed Edman to score from third.

Robert Gasser (5-5, 3.87 ERA) is expected to start for Milwaukee in Game 3. Gasser allowed one run in four innings as the Brewers won 3-1 at San Diego to win their NL Division Series.

The Dodgers had not announced their starting pitcher for Game 3.

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This story has been corrected to show that Gasser pitched four innings against San Diego, not five.

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