BREWERS WIN GAME 1 WITH BULLPEN HELP

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MILWAUKEE 6, LA DODGERS 5

WHEN: 8:09 PM ET, Friday, October 12, 2018
WHERE: Miller Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Temperature: Indoors
UMPIRES: Home - Scott Barry, 1B - Alan Porter, 2B - Gerry Davis, 3B - Hunter Wendelstedt, LF - Jim Wolf, RF - Brian Gorman
ATTENDANCE: 43615

Brandon Woodruff threw two perfect innings and ignited an 11-hit attack with the first home run ever recorded by a left-handed-hitting pitcher against a lefty pitcher in postseason history Friday night, leading the host Milwaukee Brewers to a 6-5 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series.

The win was the Brewers' 12th straight dating back to the end of the regular season.

Game 2 in the best-of-7 is scheduled for Saturday afternoon, also in Milwaukee, with the Dodgers expected to pitch left-hander Hyun-Jin Ryu against Brewers lefty Wade Miley.

Domingo Santana had a two-run, pinch-hit single, and Jesus Aguilar smacked a home run as the Brewers sent Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw to the showers after just three-plus innings, the shortest postseason start of his career.

Manny Machado drove in three runs with a home run and two-run single for the Dodgers, who are making their third straight appearance in the NLCS.

Woodruff got the Brewers rolling, first with his arm. He came on in relief after the Dodgers had taken a 1-0 lead against Milwaukee starter Gio Gonzalez, with Machado providing the run with his third homer this postseason in the second inning.

Gonzalez was pulled after two innings despite having allowed just one hit and one walk. He also struck out one.

After retiring the Dodgers 1-2-3 in the top of the third, Woodruff stepped to the plate and belted a two-strike Kershaw fastball well over the fence in right-center field for his second career home run, tying the score.

The Brewers added a second run in the inning, in large part because of a nightmarish sequence by Dodgers catcher Yasmani Grandal, who recorded two errors -- one on catcher's interference -- and a passed ball in the inning.

Hernan Perez delivered the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly, which would have ended the inning if not for the catcher's interference on an apparent lineout by Aguilar.

Milwaukee then took command in the fourth and ended Kershaw's night, with Santana's pinch-hit giving the Brewers a 4-1 lead and prompting the Dodgers to summon Ryan Madson from the bullpen.

Ryan Braun capped the three-run inning with an RBI single, making it 5-1.

Kershaw was charged with all five runs, four of which were earned. He allowed six hits and two walks, striking out two.

The standout's previous shortest postseason start had been four innings against the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2013 NLCS.

He fell to 8-8 in his postseason career.

With Woodruff and Josh Hader combining for five shutout innings, the Brewers took a 6-1 lead into the eighth before the Dodgers made it a game.

Batting with the bases loaded and two outs in the eighth, Machado blooped a two-run single off Jeremy Jeffress to get Los Angeles within 6-3, and Matt Kemp made it a two-run game with a sharp single to left.

But Jeffress was able to strike out pinch hitter Yasiel Puig with the potential tying runs on base, preserving the 6-4 lead.

The Dodgers got within 6-5 against Corey Knebel in the ninth when Joc Pederson drew a two-out walk and Chris Taylor lashed a triple into and out of the glove of center fielder Lorenzo Cain.

But Knebel bounced back to strike out Justin Turner to end it and recorded his first career postseason save.

Cain had three hits for the Brewers, who had limited the Colorado Rockies to a total of just two runs in a three-game sweep in the NL Division Series.

Taylor collected three hits, while Machado and Kemp had two apiece for the Dodgers, who won the season series from the Brewers 4-3.

Los Angeles committed four errors in the contest.

Top Game Performances

Starting Pitchers

LA Dodgers		Milwaukee
Clayton Kershaw	Player	Gio Gonzalez
Loss	W/L	No Decision
3.0	IP	2.0
2	Strikeouts	1
6	Hits	1
12.00	ERA	4.50

Hitting

LA Dodgers		Milwaukee
Chris Taylor	Player	Lorenzo Cain
3	Hits	3
1	RBI	0
0	HR	0
5	TB	4
.600	Avg	.600

TEAM STATS SUMMARY

TEAM	Hits	HR	TB	Avg	LOB	K	RBI	BB	SB	Errors
LA DODGERS	8	1	13	.229	12	13	5	3	0	4
MILWAUKEE	11	2	18	.333	19	8	6	3	1	0

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SCORING SUMMARY

INNING				LAD	MIL
Dodgers		2nd	Machado homered to center (396 feet).	1	0
Brewers		3rd	Woodruff homered to center (407 feet).	1	1
Brewers		3rd	Pérez hit sacrifice fly to center, Cain scored, Yelich to third, Aguilar to second on error by catcher Grandal.	1	2
Brewers		4th	Santana singled to left center, Piña and Arcia scored.	1	4
Brewers		4th	Braun singled to right, Santana scored.	1	5
Brewers		7th	Aguilar homered to right (359 feet).	1	6
Dodgers		8th	Machado singled to left center, Pederson and Taylor scored, Muncy to second.	3	6
Dodgers		8th	Kemp singled to left center, Muncy scored, Machado to third.	4	6
Dodgers		9th	Taylor tripled to deep right, Pederson scored.	5	6

Final Scoring Summary

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
LA Dodgers	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	5	8	4
Milwaukee	0	0	2	3	0	0	1	0	-	6	11	0

LA Dodgers

Hitters	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Avg
Chris Taylor	LF-2B	5	1	3	1	0	1	0	.600
Justin Turner	3B	5	0	0	0	0	4	4	.000
David Freese	1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Max Muncy	PH-1B	2	1	0	0	1	2	1	.000
Manny Machado	SS	4	1	2	3	0	1	0	.500
Matt Kemp	RF	4	0	2	1	0	1	0	.500
Enrique Hernandez	2B	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	.000
Julio Urias	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Yasiel Puig	PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000
Kenta Maeda	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Cody Bellinger	CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000
Yasmani Grandal	C	4	0	1	0	0	2	1	.250
Clayton Kershaw	SP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Ryan Madson	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Dylan Floro	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Brian Dozier	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Pedro Baez	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Joc Pederson	LF	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	.000
Totals		35	5	8	5	3	13	12
Batting
3B - Chris Taylor (1)
HR - Manny Machado (1)
TB - Chris Taylor 5, Manny Machado 5, Matt Kemp 2, Yasmani Grandal
RBI - Chris Taylor (1), Manny Machado 3 (3), Matt Kemp (1)
2-Out RBI - Chris Taylor (1), Manny Machado 2 (2), Matt Kemp (1)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Justin Turner (1), Yasiel Puig (1), Cody Bellinger (1)
Team LOB - 6
Fielding
E - Yasmani Grandal 2 (2, Catcher interference), Chris Taylor (1), Justin Turner (1)
PB - Yasmani Grandal 2 (2)

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	ERA
Clayton Kershaw (L 0-1)	3.0	6	5	4	2	2	1	12.00
Ryan Madson	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
Dylan Floro	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0.00
Pedro Baez	1.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0.00
Julio Urias	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	1	9.00
Kenta Maeda	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
Pitches-Strikes - Clayton Kershaw 74-53, Ryan Madson 14-10, Dylan Floro 19-12, Pedro Baez 19-13, Julio Urias 24-14, Kenta Maeda 14-8
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Clayton Kershaw 5-1, Ryan Madson 0-1, Dylan Floro 1-0, Pedro Baez 0-0, Julio Urias 1-0, Kenta Maeda 2-0
Batters Faced - Clayton Kershaw 18, Ryan Madson 4, Dylan Floro 4, Pedro Baez 4, Julio Urias 5, Kenta Maeda 3
Inherited Runners-Scored - Ryan Madson 1-1

Milwaukee

Hitters	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Avg
Lorenzo Cain	CF	5	1	3	0	0	0	1	.600
Christian Yelich	RF	4	0	0	0	1	3	4	.000
Ryan Braun	LF	4	0	1	1	0	1	4	.250
Jesus Aguilar	1B	3	1	1	1	0	0	2	.333
Hernan Perez	2B	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000
Travis Shaw	PH-2B	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	.500
Mike Moustakas	3B	4	0	1	0	0	1	3	.250
Manny Pina	C	2	1	1	0	2	0	1	.500
Jeremy Jeffress	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Corey Knebel	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Orlando Arcia	SS	4	1	1	0	0	0	4	.250
Gio Gonzalez	SP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Brandon Woodruff	RP	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000
Domingo Santana	PH	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	1.000
Josh Hader	RP	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Xavier Cedeno	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Joakim Soria	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Erik Kratz	C	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Totals		33	6	11	6	3	8	19
Batting
2B - Lorenzo Cain (1)
HR - Jesus Aguilar (1), Brandon Woodruff (1)
TB - Lorenzo Cain 4, Ryan Braun, Jesus Aguilar 4, Travis Shaw, Mike Moustakas, Manny Pina, Orlando Arcia, Brandon Woodruff 4, Domingo Santana
RBI - Ryan Braun (1), Jesus Aguilar (1), Hernan Perez (1), Brandon Woodruff (1), Domingo Santana 2 (2)
2-Out RBI - Ryan Braun (1)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Ryan Braun (1), Jesus Aguilar (1), Mike Moustakas 2 (2)
SF - Hernan Perez (1)
GIDP - Christian Yelich (1), Orlando Arcia (1)
Team LOB - 8
Baserunning
SB - Domingo Santana (1, 2nd off Madson/Grandal)
Fielding
PB - Manny Pina (1)

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	ERA
Gio Gonzalez	2.0	1	1	1	1	1	1	4.50
Brandon Woodruff (W 1-0)	2.0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0.00
Josh Hader (H 1)	3.0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0.00
Xavier Cedeno	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	0	27.00
Joakim Soria	0.1	1	2	2	1	1	0	54.00
Jeremy Jeffress (H 1)	0.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
Corey Knebel (SV 1)	1.0	1	1	1	1	2	0	9.00
Pitches-Strikes - Gio Gonzalez 32-17, Brandon Woodruff 27-17, Josh Hader 46-34, Xavier Cedeno 11-6, Joakim Soria 15-10, Jeremy Jeffress 11-7, Corey Knebel 22-15
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Gio Gonzalez 3-2, Brandon Woodruff 1-1, Josh Hader 0-3, Xavier Cedeno 1-0, Joakim Soria 0-0, Jeremy Jeffress 0-0, Corey Knebel 1-0
Batters Faced - Gio Gonzalez 8, Brandon Woodruff 6, Josh Hader 11, Xavier Cedeno 2, Joakim Soria 3, Jeremy Jeffress 3, Corey Knebel 5
Inherited Runners-Scored - Joakim Soria 1-0, Jeremy Jeffress 3-3