The Milwaukee Brewers will seek to even the National League Championship Series with the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night, Oct. 14, at American Family Field, having made another tweak to their outfield alignment.

Jake Bauers, who’s accounted for three hits — including a home run Oct. 8 against the Chicago Cubs in the NL Division Series and a double in a 2-1 NLCS Game 1 loss — and a pair of runs batted in over his last two games, gets the start in left field and bats eighth as Milwaukee has dotted its lineup with left-handed hitters to oppose Los Angeles right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto.

“He’s been as good as anybody swinging the bat in September,” manager Pat Murphy said. “We’re going to sacrifice a little bit (defensively) and put him in the outfield. And we’re going to go with it because he’s swinging it so good.

“If you look at his at-bats, they’re just, ‘Wow, he’s on it.'”

Brice Turang bats second, Christian Yelich cleanup and Sal Frelick sixth as left-handed hitters ahead of Bauers.

As for Yamamoto, the Brewers enter the game with the knowledge they pummeled him the last time they saw him, July 7, here in Milwaukee. He lasted just â…” of an inning and was rocked for four hits, five runs (three earned) and two walks, with Andrew Vaughn slugging a three-run homer in his first at-bat for Milwaukee.

“He was getting his feet wet. And that happens to every pitcher,” Murphy said earlier Tuesday when asked what his team could take away from that game.

“He’s going to make the adjustment. He’s been really, really good. He’s been one of the best five pitchers in baseball. You look at his numbers, they’re incredible. We’ve studied him, and there’s days like (Blake) Snell was last night, lights out. But you have to combat it.

“You can’t beat No. 1s like that if you don’t have a strategy going in that, even if he’s really good, here’s some ways we can knock him off-course and maybe get him out of the game sooner.”

Yamamoto has proven hittable in two postseason starts in 2025, going 1-1 with a 2.53 ERA and 11 strikeouts in 10â…” innings. He’s also allowed a homer.

The Brewers, meanwhile, start right-hander Freddy Peralta, who had mixed success against the Chicago Cubs in the NLDS. He’s coming off a shaky four-inning start at Wrigley Field but now is pitching at home, where he’s gone 10-1 with a 1.85 ERA and 117 strikeouts over 97â…“ innings in 18 turns.

He’s 2-0 with a 3.27 ERA and WHIP of 1.27 and 11 strikeouts in two starts (11 innings) against the Dodgers this season.

“Ahead in the count, attacking, his top three pitches are clicking from Punch 1 because all these games are critical,” Murphy said when asked what he wanted to see out of Peralta. “There’s no, like, ‘Well, we’ll give him a chance.’ Let’s go.

“Freddy is experienced. He understands the lineup he’s facing. They know him. And it will be a good test.”

Brewers starting lineup vs DodgersJackson Chourio, RFBrice Turang, 2BWilliam Contreras, CChristian Yelich, DHAndrew Vaughn, 1BSal Frelick, CFCaleb Durbin, 3BJake Bauers, LFJoey Ortiz, SSDodgers starting lineup vs BrewersShohei Ohtani, DHMookie Betts, SSFreddie Freeman, 1BWill Smith, CMax Muncy, 3BTeoscar Hernández, RFTommy Edman, 2BEnrique Hernández, LFAndy Pages, CF