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LOS ANGELES – Another game in the playoffs, another white game for the Milwaukee brewers' throwing team.

From Jhoulys Chacín to Jeremy Jeffress, the Brewers cleared the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-0 in the third game of the National League series, played Monday night at Dodger Stadium.

It was the third time in six post-season games that Milwaukee kept his opponent out of the scorecard, and Chacín lifted the heavyweight early. He had a 1-0 lead in the first and held the rest of the race when he was 5 1/3 off.

The attack ended in a total of three more points in the sixth and seven innings, as evidenced by the third Orlando Arcia playoff round.

Jeffress then sort of pulled out of the barrage into a ninth outing with consecutive strikeouts to give Milwaukee a 2-1 lead.

The Brewers have rebounded well. They let slip a three-point lead in a 4-3 loss in the second game against Miller Park on Saturday.

Milwaukee now has ideas to close the Dodgers at home, which would give them the opportunity to blow champagne at a visiting clubhouse for the fourth time in just over three weeks.

"In their city, taking the first game in their stadium is huge," Jeffress said. "Do not say we can relax, but we know what the next two days will bring, so getting him out of there is very good."

The attack failed to strengthen the Arcia circuit in seven innings and manager Craig Counsell raised eyebrows as he tried to close the match against Jeffress to try to end the match instead of staying with Josh Hader, who had mastered the two attackers he faced. in the eighth.

Things started badly as Justin Turner praised Jeffress by scoring a goal in the middle. It was Turner's two points, the eighth Saturday at Miller Park, that sealed the Dodgers' 4-3 win.

"It was an excellent attack by him," Jeffress said. "We fought this whole game against AB, just right there, I had to join him, 3-2 fast ball, down, center, and he managed a superb shot. pushed back to the center.

"That's what he's supposed to do."

Manny Machado followed Turner by doubling left to put two without anyone missing.

Jeffress recovered briefly by taking out Cody Bellinger and then marching on Yasiel Puig on four grounds and charging the bases.

"This walk to Puig was a bit upset, but nothing was hurt," Jeffress said. "The double ground game would have been finished."

Yasmani Grandal hit on three courts instead, leaving the Dodgers with a final shot in the form of Brian Dozier.

Jeffress quickly took the lead before surprising him watching a fastball at 97 mph to finish it, allowing Jeffress and the Brewers to breathe a sigh of relief.

"I've been saying it all year – I'm striving for those moments," Jeffress said. "It's extra adrenaline, you do not really want it to become like that, but when it happens, you just have to stay in yourself and continue to be the pitcher you are."

Jeffress has now played all six post-season games with the Brewers, with Corey Knebel being the only other Brewers qualifier to have done so. He dropped his deserved point average to 6.35, but he now has 13 hits in 5 2/3 innings and his opponents hit 0.448 against him.

Counsell's confidence in Jeffress was highly appreciated, said the rightist.

"He did this every time something bad happened," Jeffress said. "But doing it here in the playoffs says a lot about Counsell and the confidence he has in each player on our team.

"To give me another chance like that, I am very grateful to you for it."

Counsell said, "We have a four-point lead, I trust him to get those outs, the ninth inning was fun, but they did not score."

Counsell managed to get five outs on 19 Knebel shots and two outs on eight throws of Hader, which would apparently leave them both available for match 4 on Tuesday.

"Josh did a limited job tonight, J.J. finished," he said. "We feel like we're really fit, we're trying to win the series, we're not only trying to win games here, we're trying to win the series."

"We started games 4 and 5 with tonight's efforts."

Ryan Braun's RBI double in the first set gave Milwaukee a quick 1-0 lead over young Walker Buehler from Los Angeles.

Buehler scored seven more after the dubbed Braun – recording up to 99mph on the radar gun with his fastball – to limit Brewers' offensive production at that one pass.

The Dodgers have only slightly more success against Chacín, who, as expected, did not have the raw substance of Buehler but nevertheless managed to continue to make zeros using a nice mix with his formidable slider.

He had real trouble only once, in the second, but he hit Buehler to watch him with the basics loaded to complete the frame.

The Brewers gave Chacín another run in the sixth. With two outs, Travis Shaw sent a deep strike to the center-right that Bellinger could not bring back as he attempted a leap forward for the ball against the wall.

The ball is getting closer to the surface and Shaw never slows down. He finished second and slipped to third place with a triple.

Then, with Jesús Aguilar on the plate, Buehler fired a wild field that overtook Grandal and allowed Shaw to easily score one-third for a 2-0 match.

Mike Moustakas made a mistake in the third place at the 86-length Chacín exit.

It was a tremendous effort to return the right-hander, who was struck nine times and three points behind in the Dodgers' 21-5 game against the Brewers, here on August 2nd.

"I remember that two months ago, I was falling far behind," Chacín said. "So today, I just made good shots with my slider and chased them when I needed to, I think that was the key."

Knebel took over and led Machado out on the ground for the first outing before ending the night with four consecutive strikeouts in seventh.

The Brewers managed to break the game thanks to a double from Erik Kratz and the Arcia circuit, a long flying ball that carried about four rows in the small porch of the right field.

Most of the 52,793 spectators sat in stunned silence as Arcia skirted the bases and Los Angeles manager Dave Roberts headed for the right arm to lift him.

Arcia was Arcia's third player in six games in the playoffs, equaling his 119 games total in the regular season.

Joakim Soria brought Chris Taylor at the start of eighth, followed by Hader, followed by David Freese and Matt Kemp, who defeated the ball, with fastballs at 98 mph to finish the Dodgers.

FIVE ATTACKS

RACK & # 39; EM UP: Milwaukee pitching staff recorded 14 strikeouts, a new playoff franchise record. He surpassed the previous record of 13, set in the second game of the 2011 LNDS against Arizona and tied in the first game of the NLCS on Friday.

DO NOT LET GO: Kratz had his sixth big knock in the playoffs, making him the first player to make his playoff debut at age 38 and record six or more shots.

blanked: The Dodgers were disqualified for the 21st time in the playoffs and for the first time since the sixth game of the 2016 NLCS series in Chicago. It was their seventh shutout at home and the first since the first game of the 1983 NLCS series against Philadelphia.

FOR THE RECORD: Teams taking a 2-1 lead in the NLCS have a 19-7 record of all time. It's also the first time the Brewers have led a seven-game series, 2-1. The Dodgers are 4-11 all-time when they finish 2-1 in a seven-game series.

AFTER AN EXAMINATION: Machado was distinguished and participated in his first two appearances on the plate, and both times he was forced to leave the field at second base on the field player's choice. The first time, he came in with his arm raised and came into contact with the Orlando Arcia who was covering her. His slide at the time caused a wandering throw to first base by Arcia, and Counsell challenged the game based on Chase Utley's rule. After a review of 1 minute 31 seconds, Machado was called to complete a double game.

To come up

Tuesday: Brewers vs. Dodgers in Game 4 of the NLCS at 8:09 pm at the Dodger stadium. Milwaukee LHP, Gio Gonzalez (0-0, 4.50) against Los Angeles LHP Rich Hill (0-0, 4.15). TV: FS1. Radio: AM-620.

ANNEX NLCS

Game 5: Wednesday, 4:05 pm in Los Angeles

Game 6: Friday, October 19 at 19:39 in Milwaukee

Game 7: Saturday, October 20 at 8:09 pm in Milwaukee