What had largely been a dormant Los Angeles Dodgers offense through the first three games of the series erupted for seven home runs on Thursday night in a 21-5 thrashing of the Milwaukee Brewers. Joc Pederson and Yasiel Puig each hit two home runs, and the 21 runs scored set a Dodger Stadium record.
Pederson began the home run barrage with a leadoff shot in the bottom of the first inning to pull the Dodgers even with the Brewers. Milwaukee then came undone in the third when a fielding error put Pederson on base, and a throwing error allowed him to score from first base on Manny Machado’s single to center field.