Turang homer lifts Brewers past Dodgers in NLCS Game 1

The Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-1 in National League Championship Series Game 1 on Sunday night, breaking a seven-game postseason losing streak against Los Angeles and claiming victory in the first NLCS matchup of 100-win teams since 1976.

Brice Turang launched a solo homer off Los Angeles starter Tarik Skubal in the fourth inning. Luis Lara then delivered a go-ahead single in the fifth, with both runs proving decisive as Milwaukee's bullpen locked down the Dodgers.

Jacob Misiorowski, the National League Cy Young Award favorite, lasted five innings despite a 35-pitch second inning in which Los Angeles loaded the bases. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said, "You can't go into a long series against a team that has the best record in baseball and expect to just win four. It's going to be a long series. We knew it coming in."

Relief pitcher DL Hall replaced Misiorowski with a runner on base and induced Freddie Freeman into a game-changing double play. Abner Uribe allowed two hits in the sixth before striking out Andy Pages with runners at the corners.

Milwaukee's bullpen allowed just one earned run across 23 and two-thirds postseason innings. Aaron Ashby pitched two innings, and Trevor Megill earned the save with three outs.

The Dodgers stranded nine baserunners and grounded into three double plays, going 1 for 6 with runners in scoring position. Los Angeles has gone 2 for 22 in the playoffs with runners in scoring position.

Brewers manager Pat Murphy said of Misiorowski's performance, "You didn't see 105 miles per hour, whatever, but whenever he got in a jam, he got better. His stuff wasn't great, no, it wasn't, but it's still pretty darn good."

Turang's homer was his second career postseason home run. He went 1 for 15 with six strikeouts in last year's NLCS against the same Dodgers team.

Game 2 is scheduled for Monday in Milwaukee. Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who is 8-1 with a 2.14 ERA in 11 postseason appearances, starts for the Dodgers. Logan Henderson takes the mound for the Brewers after allowing two runs across five-plus innings in a 4-3 postseason victory over San Diego. Henderson went 2-0 with a 0.75 ERA in two starts against Los Angeles during the regular season.