Jake Bauers and Garrett Mitchell hit back-to-back homers off Blake Snell in the seventh inning, sparking the Milwaukee Brewers' 6-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday. The win gave Milwaukee a 3-0 lead in the National League Championship Series, pushing the two-time defending champions to the brink of elimination. Los Angeles had tied the game 2-1 in the bottom of the sixth before the dramatic comeback.
Snell, a two-time Cy Young Award winner, had retired 14 consecutive batters before Mitchell's 428-foot drive to right-center field. The Brewers extended their lead on wild pitches and RBI singles in the eighth and ninth. Dodgers fans booed as the 6-2 score unfolded. Game 4 Thursday at Dodger Stadium could feature a historic sweep, as Milwaukee aims to become the first team to complete a postseason sweep after being swept by the same opponent the previous year.
The lone team to comeback from a 3-0 deficit was the Boston Red Sox in 2004.
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