The Milwaukee Brewers left it late but left with a win. Down 4-2 in the ninth at Dodger Stadium, Milwaukee pieced together a three-run surge to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-4 in front of 46,105 fans. The visitors out-hit L.A. 10-4, drew seven walks, and finally converted pressure into payoff in the last frame.

Los Angeles had flipped a two-run deficit with a three-run sixth and looked set behind a quality start from Roki Sasaki. But the Brewers’ lineup, which clogged the bases all night, found the finishing touch against the Dodgers bullpen to take it on the road.

Sasaki shines, Drohan steadies, and the bullpens decide

Sasaki gave the Dodgers exactly what they needed from a starter. He worked 6.0 innings with 2 earned runs on 4 hits, limited hard contact, and posted a 69 game score. He walked 5 but induced 10 ground balls, got a caught stealing, and left with the game tied after six solid frames.

Across the diamond, Shane Drohan kept the Brewers in it with 5.1 innings and 3 earned runs on just 3 hits. He struck out 5, walked 3 and allowed one extra-base hit all night. His 78 game score underscored how comfortable he looked until the sixth, when the Dodgers finally broke through. From there, this one turned on relief work. Los Angeles cycled through five relievers, and the ninth inning proved a problem. Milwaukee’s pen, meanwhile, locked in late to close it.

Brewers create traffic all night and cash in late

The Brewers’ approach set the table for a comeback. They posted a .286 average, a .405 on-base percentage and a .691 OPS, consistently putting runners on with 10 hits and 7 walks. The flip side was frustration through eight innings, as they stranded 23 men.

Andrew Vaughn was a constant presence, going 2-for-3 with 2 walks and a run. Joey Ortiz added 2 hits, a walk, a run and an RBI, while Jackson Chourio chipped in a hit, walk, run and RBI despite being caught stealing. David Hamilton reached twice with a hit and a walk and drove in a run. Garrett Mitchell and Jake Bauers each logged an RBI, with Bauers also swiping a base. It all added up to a lineup that kept knocking. In the ninth, it finally kicked the door in.

Dodgers limited to four hits despite a Muncy blast

For Los Angeles, the night’s loudest swing came from Max Muncy. As a pinch hitter, he crushed the game’s only home run in the sixth, a three-run shot with two outs that flipped a 2-1 deficit into a 4-2 lead. Ben Rortvedt added a two-out RBI single earlier to get the Dodgers on the board, and Miguel Rojas and Tommy Edman each scored once, with Edman swiping a base.

But the bats never fully warmed. The Dodgers managed only 4 hits and 3 walks and finished with a .129 average, .206 OBP and .464 OPS. They struck out 10 times and left 11 on base, going quiet outside of the sixth-inning burst. Teoscar Hernández singled, Shohei Ohtani doubled, and Freddie Freeman reached with a walk, but consistent pressure was missing. One swing gave L.A. the edge. A lack of traffic kept it narrow.

Relief roles flip the script in the ninth

The Dodgers bullpen put up zeros in the seventh and eighth, but the ninth unraveled. Edwin Díaz was tagged for 3 earned runs on 4 hits in two-thirds of an inning and took the loss with a blown save. Jack Dreyer’s clean seventh and Edgardo Henríquez’s scoreless eighth laid the groundwork, and Tanner Scott recorded one out, but the final three outs proved elusive. Alex Vesia allowed one hit, with an inherited runner scoring.

Milwaukee’s late-game plan worked to perfection. DL Hall bridged the middle with 2 scoreless innings and 3 strikeouts to earn the win. Trevor Megill retired the side in the ninth for the save, needing just 13 pitches. Antonio Senzatela surrendered Muncy’s homer and was charged with a blown save earlier, but the bullpen reset and slammed the door when it mattered. The Brewers’ relievers finished with 10 strikeouts to Los Angeles’ 7 and limited the damage to 4 total runs.

The box score numbers that shaped 5-4

Milwaukee controlled the contact battle. The Brewers registered 10 hits to the Dodgers’ 4 and held a clear advantage in on-base skills with a 7-3 edge in walks. That gap drove their OBP advantage (.405 to .206), which, paired with even slugging (.286 to .258), produced the better OPS (.691 to .464). Even with an error on Milwaukee, Los Angeles could not make the extra out sting.

Pitching-wise, the Brewers allowed only 4 hits all game and punched out 10. The Dodgers issued 7 walks and yielded 10 hits, numbers that finally caught up with them in the ninth. Fielding was mostly clean, with both sides converting 27 putouts and the Dodgers recording 10 assists to Milwaukee’s 9. On balance, Milwaukee’s ability to extend at-bats and load the bases kept the pressure on until the dam broke.

A tight one at Dodger Stadium goes to the visitors, and it felt like a playoff dress rehearsal between two strong clubs. The Brewers move to a season form line of 74-47, while the Dodgers sit at 73-48. For full box score details, play-by-play and advanced metrics, open the game page on Sofascore. It’s the easiest way to revisit every pitch of that ninth-inning swing.