Brewers pull off astonishing double play against Dodgers
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Per MLB.com’s Sarah Langs, Monday’s NLCS play marked the first 8-6-2 (or 8-6-2-2) double play in the playoffs in at least the last 35 postseasons, if not more. The last time there was a similar double play in the regular season was April 16, 2004, when the Cincinnati Reds’ Ken Griffey Jr. started the 8-6-2 from center field.
Lost in the craziness: L.A. hit Quinn Priester well that inning. Hernández walked, Freddie Freeman hit a rocket to left field that Isaac Collins had to jump to catch, Will Smith and Tommy Edman singled, then Muncy hit a ball to the top of the wall in center. Priester and the Brewers are fortunate to escape that inning without a run scoring.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched a three-hitter for the first postseason complete game in eight years as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Milwaukee Brewers 5-1 to extend their lead in the National League Ch