ESPN.com · Oct 15, 2025
2025 MLB playoffs: Live updates, analysis from NLCS Game 2
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A wild 404-foot double play that made MLB postseason history. A brilliant October pitching performance of a kind we haven't seen since 1956. A near-miss bases-loaded hit by pitch in the bottom of the ninth inning that would have tied the game.
The opener of the National League Championship Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Milwaukee Brewers had a little bit of everything.
So what can we expect in Game 2? Stick right here for full coverage -- from the lineups as they're announced, to the top moments when the action starts, to our takeaways and postgame analysis after the final pitch.
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