Overview

• Yoshinobu Yamamoto threw his first MLB complete game on 111 pitches, allowing three hits and one run after a leadoff homer.
• The Dodgers defeated the Brewers 5–1 to seize a 2–0 advantage in the best-of-seven National League Championship Series.
• Shohei Ohtani, batting leadoff as designated hitter, delivered a seventh-inning RBI single to end a four-game hitless stretch and finished 1-for-5 with one RBI.
• The victory was Yamamoto’s fourth of his postseason career and the first playoff complete-game win by a Japanese player, according to reports.
• The series shifts to Los Angeles for Game 3 on Oct. 16 at 3:08 p.m. local time (Oct. 17 at 7:08 a.m. in Japan).