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Takeaways from Dodgers vs. Brewers regular season games

The Los Angeles Dodgers and Milwaukee Brewers will face off in a high-stakes best-of-seven NLCS, with their regular-season matchups offering a mixed bag of insights. Across seven games this year, the Brewers edged the Dodgers in four contests, including a dominant late-season sweep in August.

Offensively, both teams struggled, combining for just 52 runs (27-25 in favor of Los Angeles) and averaging fewer than four runs per game. The Dodgers’ lineup managed only a .188 batting average against Milwaukee, while Brewers hitters fared slightly better at .228—but neither team cracked the code consistently, with five of the seven games decided by one or two runs.

Standout performances included Andy Pages’ three home runs and Teoscar Hernández’s .375 average for the Dodgers, while William Contreras led Milwaukee with two homers and a .565 slugging percentage in six games. The Brewers’ usual speed advantage (162 stolen bases, 75% success rate) vanished in these matchups, with just two steals and three pickoffs against the Dodgers’ bullpen, which may prove critical in the postseason.

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