Dodgers sweep Brewers to claim 2nd straight NL pennant
The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Milwaukee Brewers 5-1 in Game 4 on Friday to sweep the NLCS and advance to the World Series.
Shohei Ohtani had a performance for the ages with three homers, while pitching six shutout innings with 10 strikeouts in the win to help the Dodgers sweep a best-of-seven series for the first time since 1963.
SHOHEI OHTANI STARTS IT ... ROKI SASAKI ENDS IT
— MLB (@MLB) October 18, 2025
THE DODGERS ARE WORLD SERIES-BOUND #CLINCHED
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It's the fifth time the Dodgers will play in the World Series since 2017. They won in 2024 and 2020.
Los Angeles is also the first defending champions to return to the Fall Classic since the 2009 Philadelphia Phillies.
Milwaukee scored just four runs in the series after finishing the regular season with an MLB-high 97 wins and a plus-172 run differential.
The Dodgers held the Brewers to the lowest batting average ever in an MLB postseason best-of-7 series.
— JJ Cooper (@jjcoop36) October 18, 2025
Milwaukee, 2025 NLCS: .118
St. Louis, 2019 NLCS: .130
Los Angeles Dodgers, 1966 World Series: .142
Baltimore Orioles, 1969 World Series: .146
Atlanta Braves, 2019, NLDS .154.
The Dodgers will now rest up and await the winner of the ALCS - either the Seattle Mariners or Toronto Blue Jays - in the World Series beginning Oct. 24.
The Mariners have a 3-2 lead in that series with Game 6 coming Sunday.