Yamamoto throws 3-hitter as Dodgers beat Brewers 5-1 for 2-0 lead in NLCS
By STEVE MEGARGEE MILWAUKEE AP Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched a three-hitter for the first postseason complete challenge in eight years as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Milwaukee Brewers - on Tuesday night to extend their lead in the National League Championship Series Teoscar Hern ndez and Max Muncy each hit a solo homer as the Dodgers left Milwaukee with a - advantage in the best-of-seven series which shifts to Los Angeles for Championship on Thursday Muncy s -foot drive to center field was the th homer of his postseason career current the Dodgers record he had shared with Corey Seager and Justin Turner Yamamoto allowed a home run to Jackson Chourio on the first of his pitches but shut down the Brewers the rest of the way The million right-hander struck out seven and walked one during his first complete challenge in two major league seasons The previous postseason starter to go the distance was Justin Verlander when he tossed a five-hitter with strikeouts for Houston against the New York Yankees in Challenge of the ALCS on Oct eight years ago to the day Yamamoto s complete battle was the first for Los Angeles since Gavin Stone s gem on June last year The last Dodgers pitcher to throw a complete match in the postseason was Jose Lima against St Louis in Meeting of their NL Division Series This is the first time since that both LCS road teams started - The Seattle Mariners own a - lead over Toronto in the ALCS heading into Competition on Wednesday in Seattle Twenty-four of the previous teams that took the first two games on the road in a best-of-seven series with a - - format have gone on to win The three teams to come back after losing Games and at home all came in World Series the Kansas City Royals against the St Louis Cardinals the New York Mets against the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees against the Atlanta Braves The Brewers pulled out all the stops Tuesday as they tried to avoid that - deficit Former slugger Eric Thames got on the field to exhort fans just before the contest and popped open his jersey to reveal his bare chest The -year-old Chourio then delighted a sellout crowd by sending Yamamoto s first pitch over the right-center wall for his fourth career postseason homer tying Orlando Arcia and Prince Fielder for the Brewers record That seemed like a foreboding start for Yamamoto who lasted just two-thirds of an inning in an - loss the previous time he pitched in Milwaukee But he bounced back and silenced the Brewers the rest of the way The Brewers have five hits in the series Los Angeles left-hander Blake Snell limited them to one hit and no walks over eight innings during the Dodgers - triumph in Event Los Angeles became the first group to have consecutive postseason starts of at least eight innings in the same series since San Francisco s Madison Bumgarner and Tim Lincecum did it in Games and of the World Series against Texas Related Articles How Mike Shildt s retirement impacts SF Giants managerial search Blake Snell masterpiece overshadows double-play calamity in Dodgers NLCS Championship win Padres boss Shildt retires opening another NL West managerial job Brewers beat Cubs - in Tournament of NL Division Series to earn NLCS matchup with Dodgers SF Giants managerial search Who has been linked to the job so far After Chourio s homer Los Angeles wasted no time coming back against Brewers ace Freddy Peralta Hern ndez whose baserunning mistake contributed to the Brewers peculiar - - double play in Encounter sent a - curve over the left-field wall for his fourth homer of this postseason Two outs later Kik Hern ndez singled and scored on Andy Pages double Pages had been for in the postseason before delivering his shot into the right-field corner Muncy extended the lead to - with his two-out homer in the sixth which came on Peralta s th and final pitch The Dodgers added two more runs on RBI singles by Shohei Ohtani in the seventh and Tommy Edman in the eighth
