After splitting the first two games against the Dodgers, the Brewers were looking to take the lead in the series with Eric Lauer on the mound facing Tony Gonsolin. Milwaukee has been on somewhat of a skid recently and has fallen behind in the race to finish first in the division.
Lauer had a fantastic start to his outing, allowing no runs through his first five innings, the issue was that Milwaukee’s offense couldn’t get anything going either against Gonsolin. Lauer finally gave up his first run in the top of the sixth, when Barnes hit a leadoff home run to center to give the Dodgers a 1-0 lead.