The Dodgers continued their robust postseason final night time, taking Recreation 3 in opposition to the Brewers for a commanding 3-0 sequence lead. The offense hasn’t precisely been firing on all cylinders on this sequence, however they’ve solely allowed one run in every of the final 4 video games and now discover themselves a win away from a second consecutive NL pennant. The offense wore down Jacob Misiorowski final night time, as he dominated for 4 1/3 innings earlier than working into hassle within the sixth inning. Will Smith singled and Freddie Freeman drew a stroll, which arrange Tommy Edman for a go-ahead RBI single to chase Misiorowski. Abner Uribe bought a strikeout, however adopted that up with an errant pickoff throw that allowed Freeman to attain for a 3-1 Dodger lead. The a lot maligned bullpen got here up large with 3 1/3 shutout innings with no walks and just one hit allowed. Roki Sasaki closed the door within the ninth, and now the Dodgers have the possibility for a sweep and a date with both the Mariners or Blue Jays starting every week from at present.
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| 2B | Turang (L) | DH | Ohtani (L) |
| LF | Chourio | SS | Betts |
| DH | Yelich (L) | C | Smith |
| C | Contreras | 1B | Freeman (L) |
| 1B | Bauers (L) | 2B | Edman (S) |
| CF | Frelick (L) | RF | T. Hernández |
| 3B | Durbin | 3B | Muncy (L) |
| CF | Perkins (S) | LF | Okay. Hernández |
| SS | Ortiz | CF | Pages |
| P | Quintana (L) | P | Ohtani (R) |
Shohei Ohtani will get his second playoff begin after getting the ball in Recreation 1 in Philly. Ohtani put up a 1-2-3 first inning in opposition to the highest of the Philly lineup, however struggled arduous within the second. He began the inning with a stroll and a single earlier than a two-run J.T. Realmuto triple sport the Phillies the lead. Realmuto scored on a sac fly for a 3rd run off Ohtani, however he solely allowed two extra baserunners by way of six innings to maintain the Dodgers within the sport sufficient for some late-game Teoscar Hernandez heroics. Ohtani wanted 89 pitches to get by way of six and struck out 9 with just one stroll (and a hit-by-pitch) allowed. It was a stable playoff debut for Ohtani on the mound, which is sweet contemplating his struggles on the plate. He’s solely 3-for-29 with 5 walks (three of which had been intentional) within the NLDS and NLCS, however two of these hits have come the final two video games. This can be Ohtani’s first time pitching in opposition to the Brewers and he’s solely confronted three present Brewers prior to now. Andrew Vaughn and Danny Jansen are a mixed 0-for-5 in opposition to Ohtani, however Jake Bauers has a stroll and a homer in 5 plate appearances. Ohtani might reportedly be good for 100 pitches/seven innings tonight.
Jose Quintana will get the beginning seeking to stave off elimination. I wrote about Quintana earlier than Recreation 1 since once I wrote that, it was up within the air whether or not he or Quinn Priester can be the majority man in that sport. It ended up being Priester, so I’ll simply copy+paste the Quintana stuff now that it’s extra sure he’ll throw at present.
Quintana can be a Corridor Of Famer if he solely ever pitched in opposition to the Dodgers. He’s confronted them 15 instances in his profession (12 begins) and allowed a .636 OPS and a 2.32 ERA in 73 2/3 innings, his second lowest ERA in opposition to any staff (solely increased than his 9 profession begins in opposition to the Nats). The Dodgers have scored 19 earned runs in opposition to Quintana, and 4 of them got here in his final begin in opposition to them in June, probably the most they’ve ever scored off him (aside from once they scored 5 unearned runs after errors by Gordon Beckham and Conor Gillaspie). Ohtani and Esteury Ruiz each took Quintana deep on this sport, however Lou Trivino gave up the lead in a sport the Brewers ultimately received 6-5.
Quintana’s undoubtedly owns the Dodgers within the common season, however not a lot in three postseason begins in opposition to them. He confronted them twice within the 2017 NLCS as a Cub and allowed eight runs in seven innings, together with the series-ending sport that featured three Enrique Hernandez homers in an 11-1 Dodger win. The Dodgers additionally lit Quintana up within the NLDS final season as a Met. He allowed 5 runs over 3 1/3 and allowed 5 hits and 4 walks. Ohtani additionally led that sport off with a homer.
Quintana’s transitioned right into a sinkerballer late in his profession and threw it a career-high 44 % of the time this season. Regardless of the elevated sinker utilization, his 43.3 % floor ball charge this season was beneath his career-average of 44.5 % and 11 of the 18 homers he allowed this season got here off it. He’s additionally thrown a changeup (22.1 %), curve (14.5 %), four-seamer (11.7 %) and slurve (7.7 %).
The Dodgers roll out the identical actual lineup as yesterday with Smith hitting third and Teo hitting sixth. Jackson Chourio is within the Brewer lineup after leaving yesterday’s sport with a few of the most painful wanting cramps I’ve seen. He slides over to left area, with Bauers enjoying first and Vaughn out of the lineup.
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Sasaki could possibly be obtainable tonight.
Roki Sasaki is on the market tonight, Dave Roberts stated. Could be his first time going again to again.
— Fabian Ardaya (@FabianArdaya) October 17, 2025
It will be his first time going back-to-back as a reliever. He threw 13 pitches final night time to shut out the sport. I’m not a betting man, however I might put my financial savings on Roberts going to Clayton Kershaw to shut out the sport for the #narrative.
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First pitch is scheduled for five:38 PM PT and can be on TBS and HBO Max.
