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Milwaukee Brewers @ Los Angeles Dodgers

2020-10-01 · 2020 Wild Card · Game 2 of 2 ◀ Game 1 · Night game · Dodger Stadium · 86°F, sunny · Wind 4 mph to CF · 2:55

Los Angeles Dodgers defeated Milwaukee Brewers 3–0. Los Angeles Dodgers opened the scoring in the 5th — Austin Barnes singles on a ground ball to center fielder Avisail Garcia. Chris Taylor scores. AJ Pollock to 2nd. The game's biggest swing came in the 5th: Mookie Betts doubles (3) on a sharp ground ball to left fielder Christian Yelich. AJ Pollock scores. Austin Barnes scores — worth 18% in win probability. Also of note: Ejection — Brandon Woodruff (P): Balls and strikes.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
ML4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
LAN	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0		3	6

W: Clayton Kershaw L: Brandon Woodruff SV: Brusdar Graterol

Umpires — HP: Quinn Wolcott · 1B: Jim Reynolds · 2B: Alfonso Marquez · 3B: Chris Guccione · LF: Lance Barrett · RF: Mark Ripperger

Milwaukee Brewers — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Avisail Garcia	4	1	0	3
Christian Yelich	4	0	0	2
Jedd Gyorko	3	1	0	2
Ryon Healy	3	0	0	0
Orlando Arcia	3	0	0	1
Keston Hiura	3	1	0	1
Tyrone Taylor	3	0	0	2
Luis Urias	2	1	1	0
Jacob Nottingham	2	0	0	1
David Freitas	1	0	0	1
Dan Vogelbach	1	0	0	0
Ben Gamel	1	0	0	0

Los Angeles Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mookie Betts	3	0	1	2	1	2
Corey Seager	4	0	0	0	0	2
Justin Turner	4	0	0	0	0	1
Max Muncy	3	0	0	0	0	3
Will Smith	3	0	0	0	0	1
Cody Bellinger	3	0	1	0	0	2
Chris Taylor	3	1	2	0	0	0
AJ Pollock	2	1	0	0	0	1
Austin Barnes	3	1	2	1	0	0
Joc Pederson	1	0	0	0	0	0

Milwaukee Brewers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Brandon Woodruff	4.2	5	0	9
Josh Hader	1.1	0	0	2
Adrian Houser	2.0	1	1	1

Los Angeles Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Clayton Kershaw	8.0	3	1	13
Brusdar Graterol	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Avisail Garcia: K
Christian Yelich: K
Jedd Gyorko: S7/L7
Ryon Healy: 63/G6

Bot 1

Mookie Betts: K
Corey Seager: K
Justin Turner: 9/F89D

Top 2

Orlando Arcia: 9/F89
Keston Hiura: 8/F8
Tyrone Taylor: 63/G6

Bot 2

Max Muncy: K
Will Smith: 5/P5
Cody Bellinger: K

Top 3

Luis Urias: S8/G4M
Jacob Nottingham: 43/G4M.1-2
Avisail Garcia: K
Christian Yelich: 8/L8D

Bot 3

Chris Taylor: 9/F9LS
AJ Pollock: K
Austin Barnes: S9/G34
Mookie Betts: K

Top 4

Jedd Gyorko: K
Ryon Healy: 8/F8D
Orlando Arcia: K

Bot 4

Corey Seager: 7/F78XD
Justin Turner: K
Max Muncy: K

Top 5

Keston Hiura: S8/L78D
Tyrone Taylor: K
Luis Urias: 43/G6M.1-2
Jacob Nottingham: K

Bot 5

Will Smith: K
Cody Bellinger: S8/L8D
Chris Taylor: S8/G6M.1-2
AJ Pollock: 5(2)/FO/G5.1-2;B-1
Austin Barnes: S8/G6M.2-H;1-2
Mookie Betts: D7/G5+.2-H;1-H
Corey Seager: K

Top 6

Avisail Garcia: K
Christian Yelich: K
Jedd Gyorko: K

Bot 6

Justin Turner: 8/F78XD
Max Muncy: K
Will Smith: 7/F78D

Top 7

Ryon Healy: 53/G5+
Orlando Arcia: 7/F78XD
Keston Hiura: K

Bot 7

Cody Bellinger: K
Chris Taylor: S9/L89
Joc Pederson: 46(1)3/GDP/G34

Top 8

Tyrone Taylor: K
Luis Urias: W
David Freitas: PO1(13)
David Freitas: K

Bot 8

Austin Barnes: 53/G56
Mookie Betts: W
Corey Seager: 7/F78D
Justin Turner: 43/G4

Top 9

Avisail Garcia: S8/L8D
Christian Yelich: 46(1)/FO/G4+.B-1
Dan Vogelbach: 7/F7L
Ben Gamel: DI.1-2
Ben Gamel: 7/F78XD

Notes & reviews

Pitcher Woodruff ejected by HP umpire Wolcott for arguing balls and strikes after he was removed; he was upset about ball 2 call to Barnes and first two balls to Betts
Catcher Nottingham left with injured thumb after 4th pitch to Muncy
Brewers challenged call that Urias was out at 1st; call upheld - out on pickoff
Dodgers challenged call that Yelich was safe at 1st; call upheld - force out, not double play

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