The Los Angeles Dodgers swept the Milwaukee Brewers out of the NL Championship Series with a 5-1 victory in Game 4 on Friday night.

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Turned out the National League Championship Series was indeed a mismatch, just as Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy suggested. But not only in payroll and star power.

If the Milwaukee Brewers make it to the World Series this year, it would be their first appearance at the Fall Classic since 1982 (where they lost to the St. Louis Cardinals). They're going to have to come roaring back if they want to make it to the championship series in 2025 now that the Los Angeles Dodgers are up 2-0 in the NLCS against the Brewers,

The Los Angeles Dodgers will have a chance to defend their World Series title in this year’s Fall Classic after a Game 4 win over the Milwaukee Brewers clinched a four-game sweep in the National League Championship Series.

Lost in the craziness: L.A. hit Quinn Priester well that inning. Hernández walked, Freddie Freeman hit a rocket to left field that Isaac Collins had to jump to catch, Will Smith and Tommy Edman singled, then Muncy hit a ball to the top of the wall in center. Priester and the Brewers are fortunate to escape that inning without a run scoring.

Shohei Ohtani is arguably the greatest baseball player ever. The Los Angeles Dodgers knew this and signed Ohtani to a 10-year, $700 million landmark contract ahead of the 2024 season. While the Dodgers inked a deal with Ohtani that simply was a jaw-dropping amount of money, the two-way star is set to earn only $2 million annually from 2024-2033.

To bring baseball back to Milwaukee in 2025, the Brewers will need to win at least two of three games at Dodger Stadium, where the series will resume Thursday. The team will have to hope its beleaguered bullpen can hold the line behind a patchwork rotation.

The Los Angeles Dodgers are one win away from returning to the World Series for the second straight season. They were last in back-to-back World Series in 2017-18. This time, they won Game 3 in Dodger Stadium on the strength of, again, starting pitching.

LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani continues to prove why he’s the best player in baseball. Ohtani propelled the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 5-0 lead against the Milwaukee Brewers after seven innings of play in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series.