Dodgers Face 0-2 NLCS Hole in Game 3 as Snell Tries to Halt Brewers
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Updated · MLB.com · Oct 14
Dodgers Face 0-2 NLCS Hole in Game 3 as Snell Tries to Halt Brewers
3 articles · Updated · MLB.com · Oct 14
Summary
Game 3 shifts to Los Angeles with the Dodgers down 0-2, putting the two-time defending champions in a near must-win spot against Milwaukee.
Blake Snell — a two-time Cy Young winner with a 2.16 ERA over 20 regular-season starts in two seasons with L.A. — gets the ball as the Dodgers seek a series-turning outing.
Shohei Ohtani is expected to start despite a 3-for-20 postseason slump, seven strikeouts and a 24-game home-run drought dating to Aug. 19, leaving a sputtering Dodgers offense searching for its catalyst.
Milwaukee, which swept Los Angeles in last year's NLCS and now leads 2-0, can seize overwhelming control if it carries its early-series form onto the road.
The matchup also revives a long Brewers-Dodgers October thread: Milwaukee came within one win of the World Series in 2018, a reminder that a 2-0 edge still leaves work to finish.