Brewers vs. Dodgers: NLCS Full Game 4 Highlights (October 15) | 2026 MLB Postseason

These Brewers trying to pull off what would have been unthinkable coming into this series against a Dodgers team that swept them in the championship series last year. They're a win away from returning the favor as far as the Dodgers go. They came into this postseason talking about history, trying to become the first National League team ever to repeat, but they're confronting a different kind of history today. Only one time has a team come back from down three zero. We got nothing to lose. No one else thinks we can beat the Yankees down three zero. No one thinks that we're going to come back in this series. So, but the most important thing is that what those guys believe, and that's probably the biggest takeaway that I would call. As the Brewers send up Jackson Turiel, Bryce Tarrang, and William Contreras against a six foot eight inch Tyler Glasnow, and here we go. Jackson Turiel starts today's game of the home run here. Record sets off for Nandeda Mukhi. Things go five six three for the first out of the ball game. Instant action. Instant pinball for the first out of game four. One pitch, one out. Good start for a team that's up against it. Lay off pitch two today. He got him with a high fastball for his first strikeout. You must pass the baton on to your next day starter, and that would be Scoob. So, if you can manage those situations and literally one pitch at a time, one at bat at a time, and it will take a long time to get through those five innings. That's what it takes. Three seven in the playoffs for Contreras. Breaking ball, Paul Craig. That ends the inning. Ohtani bats in Freeman to hit bottom of the first. The twenty seven year old rookie Shane throwing hasn't pitched in three weeks. He's only pitched ten innings the last month and a half because of an elbow issue. Ohtani back in the leadoff spot after all of his struggles at a base hit and walk twice last night. No secret. Ohtani has been mired in a dreadful slump since the middle August. Ohtani swings and misses. Flyer down in the way. We've seen that story quite a bit in the last couple of months. And that ball is almost a foot off the plate outside. Now here's Mukhi. Beds he walks. The Dodgers have to get his first base. Back to back walk. Dodgers are in business. Will Smith comes up. Last night in the sixth inning, Reba walked a couple of Dodgers. They would come around to score. Homer to three. It's been chop chop. Dodgers at two. Cubs at two. Cubs at two. Troland gets out of it. Six, four, three. The Brewers turn it, and we will go to the second inning in Los Angeles. The Marathon Man, as Bowers has been dubbed, twelve pitch AB for a walk and eleven pitch at bat. The man hit a home run last night, gave the Brewers the lead. Ball three, second for strike three. That thing's face high to begin with. What has about fifteen inches of drop. Three strikeouts in a row for Blasnow. One away for Christian Yelich, who after hitting two thirty five during the regular season, three fifty here in the playoffs. Two two. Four consecutive Ks for Blasnow. He has such great extension that don't pay attention to the velocity you see on the screen. The hitter's going to see the velocity about two miles an hour faster because he's releasing it so much closer to home plate. And then when he throws that knee buckling curveball, it just falls out of the sky. Two rows of ground ball at second base. Couple of steps to his right. Rojas picks it up, throws him out, an easy inning for Blasnow. Into the bottom of the second game four of the NLCS. Dodgers waste an opportunity in the first inning. Had two walks against Drum, but he induces the double play ball to get out of it. Now Tucker leads off the second. Righties after this. Four consecutive righties after Tucker. Dustin May has continued to throw. Ground ball at second. Tucker strikes to second for the base steal. On base all eight games in these playoffs for Tucker. And here comes Pat Murphy. So it's just five hitters for Shane Dronin and the former Dodger Dustin May is going to come into Game Four with nobody out in the second. He faces Teoscar Hernandez, the man on at first base and nobody out in the bottom of the second inning. Line drive, base hit, center field, back to back hits for the Dodgers. Still in the second. Tucker goes first to third, makes a double play ball. This is what they need. Sent the stage. The Dodgers have not really been able to manufacture a whole lot of pressure against the Brewers in this series. First, best, and greatest scoring opportunity in a long time for the Dodgers. I don't know that they've had a man on third with nobody out in this series. I can't remember it. Have gotten leadoff guys on and then have gone silent. Done nothing with men on base. Muncy pinch hitting in the second inning. Pinch hit yesterday, struck out in a cube. Swing and a miss. He struck him out. Big strikeout for Dustin May. Now if he gets a ground ball for Paez, he can get out of the inning. Andy Paez has two of those three hits for the Dodgers with runners in scoring position this postseason. Ground ball. When they've needed a hit in this postseason, when they've gotten it, it's typically come from Paez. Three of their four hits with runners in scoring position have come from him because he has kept the process simple. He's not trying to hit the three-run homer. And now can the Dodgers get more than a one-run lead? In the outer center field for Garrett Mitchell, they got it off the end of the bat and two out. Well, yeah, Tony back into the leadoff spot, and the game has found him here. Well, if the series is going to turn, okay, if the momentum is going to feel like it's getting closer back to the Dodgers, he needs a huge hit. It'll send jolts through that clubhouse. There's a high drive. Shaking jolt on an Ohtani home run. Ohtani says hello, and the Dodgers lead Game Four, four to nothing. His first home run since August 18th. Well, you don't always see a lot of emotion out of Shohei Ohtani, but he turned to his dugout and he said, "Yeah," screaming at him before he took his stride. He acknowledged it. There's so much weight on his back; he doesn't show it, but I'll tell you, he showed what it felt like to get that release to finally do something that he's more than capable of doing in the big spot. And the picture of relief, months of pent-up frustration, released on that follow through as Ohtani connects. It was just a moment needed to happen for this team to feel like, my gosh, this is where the Dodgers need to do something. They've had difficulty in postseason, particular in the first three games of this series. That's to put a goose egg up on the board after they've taken the lead. The Brewers had the ability to come back in games. Best part of the outset edge to get Pratt five Ks for Glass now as he's retired the first seven. Three to down. Now locked in. He's faced eight batters. He's struck out six of the eight. And now a bunt up the third base line. Fielded by Muncy. Throws to first. Hamilton retired. Another one, two, three inning for Tyler Glass now. The Dodgers three, four, and five hitters coming up against Dustin May, leading four to nothing. Freddie Freeman leads off. And it's a fly ball to left. It's in the tracks of Churio, who comes in a couple of steps to make the catch. That's the first out of the third. Now here's Will Smith. A high fly ball into short left center field. Churio's waving everybody off and makes the catch. Starting that whole thing was Kyle Tucker. Yeah. Eighth game hitting streak. Great game on base. Street opening up this postseason. Leaking the Dodgers hitting three thirty three. Is ground ball to second base. A couple of hops out to Torang. Fields and throws to first in time. And it's a one, two, three inning for Dustin May. The walk to get his second look at Tyler Glass now. So far the plan from the Brewers has been attack the fastball. Fastball rides in in the hands of Churio and it pops up to Freddie Freeman. Ten up and ten down. There's a lot to like about Glass now. And the one thing when you see him pitch and when he's healthy, he can be as dominant as anybody. There's the first base runner of the day for the Brewers and it's the speedy Bryce Torang reaching. And a one out walk here in the fourth that brings up Contreras. Bounces into the seats. A double for Contreras, and it'll be an automatic double for William Contreras. That ball was smoked off the bat of Contreras. 108 off the bat, but that the Brewers' first hit of the game, and all of a sudden they've got a real threat here with one away. Runners at second and third, and guess who coming to the plate? Jake Bowers. Yamamoto tried everything he had to get Bowers, couldn't. Snell tried everything he had, couldn't. Does Glass now have the answer? Towards the right field corner, Jake Bowers has done it again. Milwaukee's cut it in half with a two-run double from that man, Jake Bowers, delivering with another quality at bat. A 4-2 game in the fourth. A curveball, middle, middle. It was a hanger. He smoked it 109 into the right field corner, and it bounced on the warning track and up into the stands. So it's an automatic double, and the Brewers getting all over Tyler Glass now this second time through. And what, for some, might have felt comfortable for the Dodgers, it's anything but now. Tyler grounds on towards the middle of the Milwaukee base. Two gone in the top of the fourth. Runner at third for Garrett Mitchell. One hit in this series, a home run last night. Bounces one towards the middle. He can fly. So Mendes has to be sharp, and he is. End the inning. But the Brewers have the response after three and a half. Dodgers lead it four to two. As we go to the bottom of the fourth inning, Dustin May's back out there on the mound for the crew. Not to overstate things, but the Brewers get those two runs. It feels like this could be the most important. Bottom half of an inning for the Brewers in this game. Try to get a shutout inning, get your offense right back to the plate. And there's one away in the Dodgers half of the fourth for Max Muncy. Muncy gets up onto a fastball and loops it into right center field. Cutter right there, but Muncy's able to turn around for a one out hit. Oh, Zandy Pajez coming through again for the first run for the Dodgers. Bites it off the second to Reyes. And Kike Hernandez may brings home the first pitch and Hernandez a chopper up the middle fielded behind the bag by Torang throws low dugout nicely by Bowers, and the inning is over. Another Gold Glove level play for Bryce Torang at second base, and the Brewers put up a zero in the bottom of the fourth. Dodgers with a four two lead. Glassnow goes back to the mound here for the fifth, deciding between whether this should be one hitter because you've got Pratt and then lefties and Frelick and Hamplson, but then Jackson Chirio, they're ready at the top. They're going to let Glassnow go through him or if they'll go to Vasia first out of the fifth. Let's see, Dave Roberts seeing up right there to keep going with him. Yeah, looks like it. Yeah, they'll they'll take him out if there's trouble on the bases. Ready's got a walk. Tie run comes up here in the fifth again. I'm going to be shocked if Frelick doesn't try to steal second base, but I know the old adage down to be different if there's a home run hitter at the plate. There he goes. Not in time, stolen base, self Frelick. This is what he does. Right now, hit the ball five hundred feet, but gets him. The leading man, but it comes to that chaos on the bases. You got to be careful that he doesn't go to third. So now one away, runner at second base, on the one one. Hamilton shoots it on the ground, back through the middle, and into center field for a base hit. Frelick will come around third and score without a throw. David Hamilton with a run scoring single, and the Brewers are back within a run, four to three, Los Angeles in the fifth. As Hamilton's terrific, series continues. An RBI knock that's going to knock Tyler Glass now from this ball game. Brewers have scored three unanswered, and here they come again. It's Evan Phillips, the right hander, to Contreras. The Dodgers cannot get any length. You thought four nothing that was going to be all zero. High drive, center field, pie has there to make the catch. Two outs, terrain. Two runs, two from Smith. Not in time. David Hamilton has his third steal of the championship series. All right, instead of trying to battle back against the left field, go ready, ready with Contreras, but care for what you wish for. Brewers went ten up, ten down to start this game. Six of the last ten have reached base hit. Brewer in the third, taking for ball four, and Milwaukee has loaded them on. From down four to nothing to a four three game, and another pitching change coming here. The Brewers down four, saying we got them just where we want them. Vazia hard to hit, but sometimes some walks in there. No room for air here. Three balls and no strikes with nowhere to put him. The Brewers have tied. In the fit, that might have been—I don't know—half a foot up. Dodgers in this inning have walked four. You cannot give games away. And now Yelich, game is tied. Yelich spots one left side from Muncie. It's the inning, but that's the Brewers down four to nothing. No problem for Milwaukee. They get two in the fourth, then two in the fifth. Halfway home in Game Four. Disbelief at Dodger Stadium. Brewers go into the bullpen with the game tied at four. It's the left-hander JoJo Romero coming in to face the top of the Dodgers order. The Brewers have scored four in a row, and Shohei is going to greet JoJo. Got him working. Romero gets Otani on three pitches on the outside part of the plate. That is just nasty. The Dodgers have got Otani going with the home run. Still waiting for Mookie Betts to take off. Bounces one gently left side. It's short. Takes his time. Throws him out. Now Freddie Freeman with two out, nobody out. Swinging and a miss. Breaking ball fools Freddie Freeman and JoJo puts him away to retire the side in order with a couple of punchouts. Mitchell Pratt. And Frelick here in the top of the sixth, the closer brought in in a certainly a leverage spot with their season on the line. It's something Dave Roberts told us would likely happen. Mitchell sends a fly ball to right center field. Tucker's going. From down four to nothing, the leading five four. His second home run in as many nights. They add the home run power to the pressure, and they now find themselves. So they're sighted on a sweep, and you can feel the air gets sucked out of Dodger Stadium with one swing from Garrett Mitchell. Five unanswered for Milwaukee. Garrett Mitchell's home run has the Brewers in front. Joe Jiménez on. Dodgers still have to be looking at this saying, "Here's our shot," because Ashby has rested. Chad Patrick, who's not appeared in this postseason, has started to warm. So Pat Murphy's going to try and chip away a few outs here from the total that he's chasing before going to Ashby again. Towards left center field, Trujillo's there. Here the first out of the six. Kyle Tucker has been hitting as consistently as he had been all year. And bang, lines a base hit into left center field. That's going to roll to the wall, and Tucker robs at second base with a double. Kyle Tucker, two for three tonight. There's the tying run, and the Dodgers have had all kinds of problems this playoff series with runners in scoring position. First one to task, Hernandez ground ball to short for Cooper Press. Two out, tying run to third. We talked about Otani needing that big hit. I know Muncy got a base hit his last time up, but this would be the same thing for Max Muncy. Got him to chase, strike three. Muncy slams the bat down. Romero pumps his fist and he strands the tying run at third base in the sixth inning. Five-four Brewers as we go to the seventh, and the Brewers go quietly in the top of the seventh. At the seventh inning stretch of the fourth game of the National League Championship Series, is the Brewers five and the Dodgers four. Eight, nine, and one for the Dodgers, and here he is. It's Aaron Ashby, nine and a third in the postseason, no runs, and Pahez to lead it off. An RBI single back in the second inning. He is one for two in this ball game. Pahez. Well, at some point the Dodgers have to get to this bullpen, and a good start. Kike has to have a productive at bat. Squares. That's the out at first. Dave Roberts plays small ball. Pekin Hernandez executes the sacrifice bunt, and the tying run is 90 feet away. And guess who's coming up? Here's Ryuho attacks his page. Third time that Otani's seen Ashby out of series, and a swinging a miss. He struck him out. Chased a slider down and away, and Aaron Ashby makes quick work of Otani for the second out of this inning. Dodgers just keep well giving away opportunities. Up to Mookie Betts. It's got to be Mookie Betts. It has to. He he's looked so good in the beginning of these playoffs, and and just hasn't had that signature moment. Ground ball, left side. Pratt gets around it. Throw to first in time. Aaron Ashby works around a leadoff double and puts up a zero here in the bottom of the seventh. One two three seven for Diaz. Stays on here for the heart of the Brewers lineup. Powers, Yelich, and Mitchell in the air to left field. Pekin Hernandez under it. One away. Yeah, up comes Christian Yelich. Strikeout Yelich. Two gone in the eighth. Garrett Mitchell digs in. Line drive towards center field. Pie has moving over. Makes a sliding. Six in a row retired by Diaz. Dodgers have six outs left to play with. We go to the bottom of the eighth. Aaron Ashby back to work. Ernie Freeman, so many times has saved the Dodgers. Not looked like himself in these playoffs though. One for 18 in this championship series. Fly ball left center field. Churio going back on it. Out of the eighth, Dodgers now have five outs to play with. Smith, oh for three tonight. The Padres are oh for their last thirty-four against Aaron Ashby with two strikes. Seizes it and takes third. And for Freilich, he tried to take the shortcut and get it before it went down and hit that wall near the the foul pole, and that's when it really rolls around and you can chase it and chase it. So there's the winning run again in scoring position. Tucker's the hitter, two for three today, 346 for the playoffs. Looking for a strikeout. You got the right. Shadow center field. On comes Mitchell. It is Mitchell to make the catch. As good as a strikeout for Ashby, no chance for Will Smith to advance. Dodgers have had a man in scoring position three consecutive innings, but the story all series. At this point, feels like they're demise. Oh for five in those situations. Hernandez, who's knocked in more runs than any Dodger in the last three years in the playoffs, strikes him out and gets out of it again. And Ashby strands a tying run at third base for a second straight inning. How about Edwin Diaz for the first time in ten years, pitching more than two innings, power in the strike zone. Bottom of the Milwaukee lineup here. Cooper Peratt, it's a chopper towards the middle. Throws him out. Looking ahead to the bottom of the ninth inning. Bottom of the Dodger order. Felix swaps one to Muncy at third. Two out. David Hamilton, one of a number of guys that's had a key moment in this game. RBI hit back in the fifth inning, brought him to within one. Hamilton gets into a play. Yard. There's your insurance from David Hamilton. Six-four Brewers in the ninth. For the team that doesn't hit homers, they hit them in the biggest moments. Something special about these Milwaukee Brewers. A dagger into the heart of the Dodgers. Aaron Ashby stays in the ball game in the ninth. He'll face Tommy Edmond pinch hitting for Max Muncy. Brewers lead six-four. Line drive on two bounces. Pratt on the backhand has it at short. Throws to first in time. One away. Six-three on the putout. Andy Paez will be the hitter. Again, Trevor McGill is ready in the Brewers' bullpen. Pat Murphy is still in the Brewers' dugout. Got him looking with. Can you feel it back in Wisconsin? Kike Hernandez. The last batter between the Brewers and the World Series lined into the gap in left center. Churio back, he made. The Brewers have swept the Los Angeles Dodgers. And they will play for a World Series championship, starting at American Family Field next week.