Brewers vs. Dodgers NLCS Game 4 Live Updates, Results, Highlights and Reaction

He's through three innings without a baserunner, and has struck out six.

Brewers hitters are known for being exceptionally patient. Glasnow's plan apparently involves throwing them lots of strikes. So far, 27 out of 42 total pitches.

Yeah, sure looks like he did. And ditto for the Dodger Stadium crowd.

The Brewers had been able to keep Ohtani under wraps before this. If he's back, they're 3-0 lead looks more vulnerable than it should.

Roberts played a hunch and moved him back into the leadoff spot, even though he hadn't homered since August 18.

Well, there's the payoff. Three runs for the Dodgers and the biggest swing Ohtani has had in months. It was 113.1 mph off the bat and landed 428 feet away.

The Dodgers needed this, especially after Max Muncy struck out in place of Miguel Rojas for the first out of the inning.

Pages had four hits in the 2025 postseason. He already has six in this one.

A leadoff single by Tucker in the bottom of the second ends the day for Drohan, who wasn't very effective. As of now, he has a hit and two walks on his line for one ining of work.

Dustin May is coming on to face three straight righties, unless Roberts counters.

It's six up, six down for the Dodgers righty through two, including four strikeouts in a row. He's really got the hammer curveball working.

The Dodgers need as many zeroes from him as they can get.

He really lost the strike zone after the strikeout of Shohei Ohtani, ultimately throwing just 10 of 22 pitches for strikes. But with Will Smith running, that slow ground ball was just what Drohan needed.

Struck out and lost the helmet and everything. Yikes.

His teammates are looking to pick him up, as Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman drew back-to-back walks to set the stage for Will Smith.

He averaged 96.4 mph on the fastball, up 0.9 mph on his average from the regular season. He fanned Brice Turang and William Contreras swinging.

For what it's worth, the Brewers have struck out 10 more times than the Dodgers in this series and are doing just fine. If the Dodgers are going to win this game, it needs to be from the batter's box.

Ain't seen nothing like that in any amusement hall, but it works.

Of note: It is normally Max Muncy at third base for the Dodgers, not Enrique Hernández. He's getting the start for the right-on-left matchup against Shane Drohan.

Tell me you're playing a hunch without literally saying the word "hunch."

That's the vibe of this explanation, anyway. And to be fair to Roberts, the last time he played a hunch with a lineup decision worked out OK.

For what it's like when a series goes to 3-0, who better to talk it out than David Ortiz, Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter?

All three were there when the Red Sox came back to defeat the Yankees in the 2004 ALCS. Ortiz looks back and sees a Red Sox team that was loose, but willing to battle on every pitch and in every inning. That was sure what it felt like at the time.

As for Rodriguez's take that the pressure is all on the Brewers, one has to believe that Dodgers fans beg to differ.

This was hours before first pitch at Dodger Stadium. They're obviously not going to do something like that for the first time live. Of course they had to practice.

Still, it feels like a jinx… for someone, anyway.

Roberts was there when the Red Sox dug out of a 3-0 hole against the Yankees in the 2004 ALCS. As he sees it, all that matters is that the Dodgers have the same kind of belief that the '04 Red Sox had.

"That's what that group did a great job of," Roberts said before tonight's game. "It's sort of like, 'We've got nothing to lose. No one else thinks we can beat the Yankees down 3-0. No one thinks that we're going to come back in this series.'"

And then, pointing in the direction of the Dodgers clubhouse: "The most important thing is what those guys believe."

It's hard not to notice the big change for the Dodgers. After dropping to sixth in the order for Game 3, Shohei Ohtani is back in his customary leadoff spot.

The four-time MVP still hasn't homered since August 18, and it was as recently as Monday that the Dodgers were reportedly considering benching him. He responded with his best game of the postseason on Wednesday, drawing a key walk and knocking a 113.5 mph single. Even if Ohtani is still feeling pain in his left knee and right biceps, Dave Roberts is clearly trusting a hunch.

The Brewers have had a weird offensive series, notably striking out 35 times compared to just 25 for the Dodgers. The difference is that they have seven extra-base hits to the Dodgers' two, neither of which has been a home run.