Yoshinobu Yamamoto threw MLB’s first complete game in the postseason in eight years as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Milwaukee Brewers Tuesday to take a 2-0 lead in the National League Championship Series (NLCS).

Kiké Hernandez said of Yamamoto: "It's just one of those things where you're like, damn, this guy keeps getting better and better."

The defending champs are seven wins away from another World Series title, but their volatile bullpen could decide whether they repeat or unravel

Blake Snell allowed one baserunner in eight shutout innings before Los Angeles' bullpen barely held on in the ninth as the Dodgers opened the National League Championship Series with a 2-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers.

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.

Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Max Muncy set a franchise record by hitting his 14th career postseason homer in the sixth inning of Game 2 of the National League Championship Series against the Milwaukee Brewers.

The Los Angeles Dodgers are trying to break an historic drought in MLB by winning back-to-back World Series championships for the first time in a long while. The Dodgers are now up 2-0 over the Milwaukee Brewers, and manager Dave Roberts has already made it clear that Tyler Glasnow and Shohei Ohtani are next in line for starts.