Tommy Edman hit a home run off of rookie Jakub Misiorowski in a two-run sixth inning, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Milwaukee Brewers 3-1 on Thursday to take a 3-0 lead in the NL Championship Series.
Los Angeles moved within one win of becoming the first defending champions to reach the World Series since the 2009 Philadelphia Phillies. No team has won back-to-back titles since the New York Yankees captured three straight in the 1998-2000 season.
Only one Major League Baseball team has been able to overcome a 3-0 postseason deficit, the 2004 Boston Red Sox against the Yankees.
Shohei Ohtani tripled off Andy Ashby to start the bottom of the first inning and a Mookie Betts double scored to put the Dodgers ahead, but Jake Bauers tied the score with an RBI single in the second.
It was the only run allowed by Tyler Glasnow, who combined with Ohtani, Blake Snell and Yoshinobu Yamamoto to give Dodgers starters a 1.54 postseason ERA during an 8-1 postseason surge.
Misiorowski replaced Ashby with two and one out in the first, striking out Edman and Teoscar Hernandez. The 23-year-old right-hander reached 100 mph with 17 pitches and set a rookie record in the Brewers postseason nine, but his fastball velocity dipped to 98-99 mph slightly in the sixth.
Will Smith singled with one on a slider in the middle of the strike zone and Freddie Freeman walked after trailing 1-2 in the count. Edman, who struck out twice against Misiorowski, lined a low slider to center, scoring Smith for a 2-1 lead as Sal Frelick made a pitch of the week.
Abner Uribe relieved and struck out Hernandez, then made a quick throw past when Freeman scored, the second straight game with an error by the Brewers closer.
Glasnow allowed three hits and three walks in 5 2/3 innings while striking out eight, leaving a standing ovation from the crowd of 51,251.
Alex Vesia followed Glasnow and took two wins for his second qualifying win.
Rocky Sasaki pitched a perfect ninth in his third save of the postseason, finishing with four strikeouts. Dodgers relievers allowed one hit in 3 1/3 innings.
Milwaukee, which swept the Dodgers 6-0 during the regular season, has lost its last 10 postseason road games dating back to 2018.