Brew Crew look to avoid 3-0 deficit at Chavez Ravine

The Milwaukee Brewers have an uphill battle on tap as they head to Los Angeles to play the almighty Dodgers down 2-0 in the NLCS.

Dodgers pitching has been the story of this series as Blake Snell and Yoshinobu Yamamoto have spun 17 innings of one-run ball, leaving the bullpen to only work one inning. Snell had a one-hit outing with 10 strikeouts over eight shutout frames before handing it off to Roki Sasaki and Blake Treinen. The Dodgers bullpen which struggled in September almost blew the sensational performance as they loaded the bases before getting Brewers second baseman Brice Turang to strikeout giving the Dodgers a 2-1 Game 1 victory. Yamamoto was astonishing Tuesday night in Milwaukee. The Japanese rookie threw a three-hit complete game, the first postseason occurrence since Justin Verlander in the 2017 ALCS for Houston, exactly eight years prior.

It's another ace hitting the hill for the Blue Crew with Tyler Glasnow going up against Aaron Ashby who will likely serve as an opener with José Quintana and rookie flamethrower Jacob Misiorowski coming out of the pen. The 23-year-old is coming off two appearances in the NLDS where he threw seven innings of one-run ball.

The Dodgers all-star lineup is highlighted by Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman, and Teoscar Hernádez. The combination of power and playoff pedigree is something very few teams possess and sets the Dodgers apart from the other teams remaining in this year's World Series hunt.

Brewers star Christian Yelich will need to get hot if his team wants to keep up with the high-octane offence of the Dodgers. The star outfielder is 0-for-7 in the NLCS and 0-for-17 since a leadoff double in Game 3 of the NLDS. Meanwhile youngster Jackson Chourio has been solidifying himself as the next superstar. The outfielder has already tied the Brewers franchise record for postseason home runs and has a .973 OPS in this year's postseason.

The Dodgers have allowed the second least hits in the first two games of a playoff series trailing just the 2019 Nationals in their NLCS sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals.

Can the Brewers overcome the powerhouse in LA, or will we see The Evil Empire of the West back in the World Series?