Milwaukee beat the Dodgers 6-2 on Wednesday to take a 3-0 lead in the National League Championship Series.
The big picture: The Brewers are one win from their first World Series appearance in 44 years, and the two time defending champion Dodgers are one loss from the end of a three-peat bid.
Zoom in: Jackson Chourio homered on the very first pitch of the game. Since 1988, when pitch count data was first fully kept, only five hitters had ever done that in a postseason game.
- Jake Bauers fouled off the eighth, ninth and 10th pitches of his seventh inning at-bat, then drove the 11th into the right field pavilion for a two-run homer. Garrett Mitchell went back to back and chased Snell from the game.
By the numbers: Snell had allowed no home runs in 46 1/3 innings this season including the postseason, then gave up three of them in one night.
What they're saying: "I mean, what more can you say about the at-bat?" Mitchell said of Bauers. "Same thing in Game 2, as well."
Between the lines: It was Milwaukee's fifth comeback win of this postseason, tied for the most in a team's first seven playoff games with the 1996 Yankees and the 1980 Phillies.
The backstory: A year ago the Dodgers swept the Brewers in this same round. A Milwaukee sweep would make them the first team swept out of the playoffs one year and sweeping the same opponent the next.
Why it matters: Of the 42 teams that fell behind 3-0 in a best of seven postseason series, 32 were swept, two forced a Game 7 and only the 2004 Red Sox came all the way back.
What's next: Game 4 is Thursday at 8 pm ET from Dodger Stadium, with Milwaukee holding three chances to close it out.
