The Milwaukee Brewers are making the types of mistakes at the plate that they avoided while producing the best regular-season record in the major leagues.

Brewers manager Pat Murphy speaks on Christian Yelich, who is in the midst of a brutal stretch in the batter's box

With the bases loaded and Game 1 of the NLCS on the line Monday, Brice Turang saw a baseball hurled in his direction at 85 mph and made the reasonable, reactive decision. He got out of the way.

During seven-game series, teams with home-field advantage came back from down 0-2 in a series three different time, all coming in the World Series. The 1985 Kansas City Royals, 1986 New York Mets and 1996 Yankees all were able to thrive on the road facing such a daunting task.

On the play in question, Hernández was thrown at out the plate after Frelick gathered the ball and rifled it to the cutoff man, Joey Ortiz. Hernández should have left third base the moment the ball hit Frelick's glove, but he remained on the base for far too long, enabling the defense to throw him out at home.

It took seven attempts, but the Los Angeles Dodgers finally beat the Milwaukee Brewers in 2025. It couldn't have come at a better time, either. With a 2-1 win on Monday, Los Angeles took a 1-0 lead in the National League Championship Series.

How's a list of these five names sound? Mickey Mantle, Andruw Jones, Bryce Harper, Miguel Cabrera and Juan Soto. Make it six with Chourio. The feat: At least four postseason home runs through their age-21 season, with the grouping shared on X by @JayHayKid.

The National League Championship Series kicked off Monday night with a dramatic win for the Los Angeles Dodgers, but social media went into a frenzy during the game after the Milwaukee Brewers pulled off one of the most unprecedented plays in MLB history.