"The Dodgers had only one potential silver bullet, and it wasn't even loaded for Game 2 of the National League Championship Series. They still won. They still took the best-of-seven series to a place where it's out of the Brewers' diminutive reach. How? By making their bullpen a non-factor. The possibility of one of their relievers blowing the game was eliminated by a complete game thrown by Yoshinobu Yamamoto."
"Another late-inning scare was avoided because of a persistent offense that tacked on insurance runs in the sixth, seventh and eighth innings. With a 5-1 victory at American Family Field, the Dodgers extended their lead in the best-of-seven series to two games to none. Two more wins and the Dodgers will advance to the World Series for the third time in six seasons."
"Ninety-three teams have taken a two-games-to-none lead in a best-of-seven postseason series. Seventy-nine of them have advanced. In other words, this series is over. If the Philadelphia Phillies couldn't overturn a 2-0 deficit against the Dodgers, the tryhards from Milwaukee certainly won't. With the next three games at Dodger Stadium and Tyler Glasnow, Shohei Ohtani and Blake Snell scheduled to start those games, the most pressing question about this NLCS is whether"
Yoshinobu Yamamoto threw a complete game, allowing one run, as the Dodgers beat the Brewers 5-1 to take a 2-0 NLCS lead. The complete game removed reliance on the troubled bullpen and left closer Roki Sasaki unused after his Game 1 struggles. The Dodgers added insurance runs in the sixth, seventh and eighth innings, turning late-inning scares into a comfortable margin. The victory puts the Dodgers two wins from the World Series, and historically 79 of 93 teams with 2-0 best-of-seven postseason leads have advanced. Upcoming games at Dodger Stadium feature scheduled starts by Tyler Glasnow, Shohei Ohtani and Blake Snell.
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