The Brewers captured all six regular season matchups with the Dodgers, but Los Angeles drew first blood in the NLCS with a 2-1 victory on Monday.
The Dodgers seek a 2-0 series advantage battling the Brewers at American Family Field for Game 2 tonight. First pitch is at 8:08 p.m. ET, and the game can be seen on TBS, truTV, and HBO Max.
Check out our Dodgers vs. Brewers prediction for this matchup, as both offenses look to bust out after combining for 9 hits in Game 1.
Dodgers vs. Brewers Prediction, Picks for NLCS Game 2
Los Angeles is playing in the NLCS for the seventh time in the last 10 seasons and seeks its fifth World Series appearance since 2017. Milwaukee hasn’t made a World Series since 1982 in spite of appearing in he playoffs in seven of the last eight seasons.
Los Angeles Dodgers
The Dodgers’ explosive offense has been limited to 2 runs in each of the last three games. In Monday’s victory, 1B Freddie Freeman went deep to break a scoreless tie in the sixth inning.
Dodgers hurler Blake Snell continued to be the most dominant pitcher of the postseason, striking out 10 batters to move his total to 28 through three October starts.
Milwaukee Brewers
The Brewers won all three home games in the NLDS against the Cubs, scoring 19 runs. Milwaukee was held scoreless in the first eight innings in Monday’s defeat before producing its lone run on a sacrifice fly in the ninth inning.
The top six batters in the Brewers’ lineup in Game 1 went 0-for-19, while Milwaukee has racked up 11 hits in the last three games.
Dodgers vs. Brewers Picks & MLB DFS
Brewers P Freddy Peralta vs. Dodgers Projection: 5.5 Strikeouts
- Peralta (17-6, 2.70 ERA) split a pair of starts in the NLDS against the Cubs and racked up at least 6 strikeouts in each outing.
- In his two starts against the Dodgers this season, Peralta struck out seven batters in a home win and four batters in a road loss.
- Peralta posted a strong strikeout rate of 28.2%, ranking in the 84th percentile.
- The top two strikeout victims in the Dodgers’ lineup against Peralta are 2B Tommy Edman (7) and Freeman (5).
- In 12 of his last 16 home starts, Peralta has produced 6 or more strikeouts.
- The Dodgers have struck out 5 or fewer times against opposing starting pitchers in six of seven playoff games. The last opposing right-handed starter to post more than 6 strikeouts against Los Angeles was Seattle’s George Kirby on September 26, who put up 10 Ks.
Dodgers P Yoshinobu Yamamoto vs. Brewers Projection: 16.5 Outs
- Yamamoto (12-8, 2.49 ERA) recorded two outs against Milwaukee in a 9-1 road defeat on July 7. The right-hander allowed 5 runs in the loss, one of four starts this season he yielded at least five runs.
- He pitched four innings in an 8-2 home defeat to the Phillies in Game 3 of the NLDS, marking his shortest outing since not completing the fifth inning against the Angels on August 11.
- Since that terrible showing on July 7, Yamamoto has put together eight of nine road starts racking up at least 17 outs.
- The only starting pitcher facing Milwaukee to last past the fifth inning in the postseason was Snell in Monday’s loss, who tossed eight innings.
Dodgers SS Mookie Betts vs. Brewers Projection: 1.5 Hits+Runs+RBIs
- In 12 career at-bats against Peralta, Betts has picked up 1 hit, a 2-run dinger.
- Since going 6-for-10 in the Wild Card round against Cincinnati, Betts is batting 4-for-20 in the last five games.
- Betts went hitless in four at-bats in Monday’s victory, while bringing home a run on a bases loaded walk.
- In six games against the Brewers this season, Betts is batting 2-for-25 with 2 RBI and 1 run scored.
- Betts has finished below this projection in five consecutive road games.
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Los Angeles looks to build a commanding 2-0 lead in the NLCS against Milwaukee before returning home for Game 3 on Thursday.
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