William Contreras tied the game with a fifth-inning homer and singled home the go-ahead run an inning later, and the Brewers finished 7-4 over the Dodgers to take a 2-0 lead in the NLCS. Two swings from the same hitter, one to level the score and one to put Milwaukee in front, carried more weight than the three-run final margin suggests.
The bullpen finish was just as clean. JoJo Romero was credited with the win, Aaron Ashby with the save, and Brock Stewart took the loss for Los Angeles.
Contreras is the leverage point. A lineup that gets its tying and go-ahead production from one bat hands the Dodgers a specific problem to solve, and the usual answer is to pitch around him. That moves the burden to whoever hits behind him, so the next two games will show whether Milwaukee has a second source of damage or only a very good first one. Los Angeles is solving a single hitter and a series deficit at once.