The Milwaukee Brewers have reached the World Series for the first time since 1982 after completing a 4-0 sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Championship Series.
Milwaukee secured the pennant with a 6-4 victory at Dodger Stadium on Thursday night, recovering from a four-run deficit to eliminate the two-time defending champions.
The Dodgers appeared in control after Shohei Ohtani’s three-run home run helped put them 4-0 ahead in the second inning. The Brewers responded with two runs in the fourth and two more in the fifth to level the game.
Garrett Mitchell then put Milwaukee in front with a solo home run in the sixth inning, before David Hamilton added an insurance run with a two-out homer in the ninth.
The Brewers’ bullpen held firm under pressure, with Aaron Ashby pitching three scoreless innings to close out the game. The final out sparked celebrations among Milwaukee supporters inside the stadium and back home in Wisconsin.
The victory gave the Brewers their first National League pennant. Their only previous World Series appearance came in 1982, when the franchise was still competing in the American League and lost a seven-game series to the St Louis Cardinals.
Milwaukee had been swept by the Dodgers in last year’s National League Championship Series, but reversed the result this time to become the first major-league team to sweep the same opponent after being swept by them in the previous post-season.
The Brewers, who won 103 games during the regular season, will host Game One of the World Series on October 23. They will face either the Cleveland Guardians or the Tampa Bay Rays.
