MILWAUKEE — Jesus Aguilar violently slammed his arms against his legs. Mike Moustakas waved his hands toward the dugout. Erik Kratz signaled toward the crowd. Ryan Braun screamed as he held his arms in the air, as if thanking the heavens.
With each run-scoring hit against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 6 of the National League Championship Series on Friday, the Milwaukee Brewers sent the crowd at Miller Park into a fever pitch. With each run-scoring hit, they awakened a lethargic offense. With each run-scoring hit, they saved their charmed season.
A 7-2 Brewers victory over the Dodgers guaranteed that this compelling series of managerial chess and unconventional pitching strategies, this showdown between the smallest market in baseball and the second-largest, would live another day.