Brewers Sweep Dodgers 6-4 in NLCS Game 4 to Reach Their First World Series Since 1982
Garrett Mitchell's sixth-inning homer and David Hamilton's ninth-inning insurance shot ended the two-time champions' season at Dodger Stadium and sent Milwaukee to the Fall Classic.
Friday, October 16, 2026/2 min read
Four games, four wins, and a ballpark gone quiet. The Milwaukee Brewers finished off the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-4 at Dodger Stadium on Thursday night, completing an NLCS sweep and booking their first World Series trip since 1982, according to the Associated Press.
It did not look inevitable early. Shohei Ohtani hit a three-run homer in the second inning, his first of this postseason, after Andy Pages drove in a run, and the two-time defending champions led 4-0 in front of 49,104 fans. The Brewers answered by cutting it to 4-2 in the fourth and tying it at 4-4 in the fifth, when Dodgers starter Tyler Glasnow was chased.
How did Milwaukee win Game 4?
Garrett Mitchell broke the tie in the sixth with a 409-foot drive to center off reliever Tanner Scott, after falling behind 0-2 in the count. David Hamilton added a two-out solo homer off Edwin Díaz in the ninth, a shot the AP noted was only the fourth of his regular season. JoJo Romero took the win, and Aaron Ashby recorded the last nine outs for the save, per MLB.com.
Jake Bauers, the first baseman, was named NLCS most valuable player. Mitchell called the finish absolutely surreal, and manager Pat Murphy said afterwards that his club may not have Hall of Famers but has "a bunch of gamers." Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, for his part, said Milwaukee's pitchers played flawlessly. Murphy also said the Brewers had not come in to play patty-cake.
Ohtani's homer was his first since 18 August, MLB.com noted. After it, Milwaukee's comeback was built on patience and a bullpen that did not blink: Romero got the win, Ashby handled the last nine outs, and the offense chipped away at a four-run deficit until it owned the lead.
Why is this sweep historic?
The Brewers are the first team in major league history to be swept in one postseason and then sweep the very same opponent the next year, MLB.com reported. The Dodgers swept them in the 2025 NLCS. Milwaukee also became the first team to start a postseason with six comeback wins in its first eight games, and the four-run rally on Thursday tied the largest ever by a team clinching a league championship series.
This is the franchise's first National League pennant. The club's only earlier World Series, in 1982, came as an American League team and ended in a seven-game loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. This year's Brewers won a major-league-best 103 games in the regular season.
Who do the Brewers play in the World Series?
Their opponent will be the winner of the American League Championship Series between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Cleveland Guardians, which is still being played. Game 1 of the World Series is set for Friday 23 October at American Family Field, with first pitch at 8 p.m. Eastern on FOX, after a week off for the Brewers.
That rest is a gift for a pitching staff that has carried the club through October. For the Dodgers, the winter now starts early.
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