Three quick thoughts off the Brewers’ 12th—yes, 12th!—win in a row, a 6-5 marathon contest that got very, very interesting late but nevertheless got Milwaukee off to a 1-0 lead in the NLCS:
That’s how you Dodge a Game 1 win
L.A. made a game of it late. But as for how they played early? Yuck. Clayton Kershaw didn’t miss bats, and Yasmani Grandal didn’t miss one particular bat, either, though he did miss two passed balls and one catch. Offensively, they were predictably silenced by Josh Hader in three innings, after being considerably less predictably silenced by Brandon Woodruff (more on him below).