The Dodgers and Brewers meet in a best-of-seven NLCS beginning Sunday night in Milwaukee. The Brewers already won four out of seven regular games against the Dodgers this year, but in the regular season. While last year showed us the regular season and postseason are different \u2014 Los Angeles lost all six games to Milwaukee before sweeping them out of the NLCS \u2014 there are some potential takeaways from the 2026 regular season matchups.<\/p>\n
Dodgers vs. Brewers games, 2026<\/p>\n
In seven total games, the Dodgers outscored the Brewers 27-25, with both teams averaging under four runs per contest. In five of the seven games, the losing team scored one or two runs.<\/p>\n
Only two games saw one of the teams score more than five runs \u2014 on May 23 in Milwaukee, the Dodgers had five extra-base hits and broken open a one-run game with seven runs in the eighth and ninth innings combined; and August 16 in Los Angeles, the Brewers scored a pair of runs in the ninth inning to get to six in the their last regular season tussle of the year.<\/p>\n
The Dodgers hit just .188\/.291\/.335 in these seven games, while the Brewers hit just .228\/.313\/.307.<\/p>\n
Of the Dodgers seven home runs, three were hit by Andy Pages and two by Max Muncy. Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez homered once and hit .375\/.444\/.500 in seven games against Milwaukee. William Contreras hit two of the Brewers\u2019 three home runs against the Dodgers, hitting .304\/.360\/.565 in his six games.<\/p>\n
Milwaukee on the season stole 162 bases, fifth-most in the majors, with a 75-percent success rate, which will be something for the Dodgers to watch. But the Brewers only stole two bases in seven games against the Dodgers, and was caught three times. Notably, Milwaukee in the regular season did not face Tyler Glasnow or Blake Snell, the Dodgers\u2019 two starting pitchers most susceptible to running.<\/p>\n
Pitchers you will see in the NLCS<\/p>\n
The likely starting pitchers of the first two games of the NLCS were all very effective in Dodgers-Brewers games this season.<\/p>\n
Jacob Misiorowski struck out six and allowed one run in a win at Dodger Stadium on August 15, a game you might recall as Charley Steiner\u2019s first full game broadcast on radio this season<\/a>. Misiorowski has a 1.59 ERA and 27 strikeouts in 17 innings over three games against the Dodgers, including Game 3 of last year\u2019s NLCS.<\/p>\n Tarik Skubal allowed only two runs (one earned) with seven strikeouts in six innings against the Brewers on August 16, but took a tough-luck loss.<\/p>\n Yoshinobu Yamamoto won both of this starts against Milwaukee, with 12 strikeouts and two runs allowed in 13 innings. Logan Henderson won both of his starts against the Dodgers, with 13 strikeouts and one run allowed in 12 innings.<\/p>\n Dustin May, whom you might remember as pitching the third-most regular season innings on last year\u2019s Dodgers<\/a>, started Game 3 of the NLDS for the Brewers, who acquired him at the trade deadline. On May 3 in St. Louis, May with the Cardinals allowed three runs in six innings in a loss to the Dodgers<\/a>.<\/p>\n Roki Sasaki, now in the bullpen in October, had a 3.27 ERA in two starts against the Brewers, with more walks (seven) than strikeouts (six).<\/p>\n