MILWAUKEE — They were down three before the first inning was over. Roki Sasaki had already surrendered a lead he had not yet held, and American Family Field was loud with something that felt like momentum. The Dodgers did not flinch. Teoscar Hernandez ended the conversation in the fourth inning with a three-run homer, and what followed was an 11-3 beatdown that turned a road deficit into a statement.
Milwaukee jumped on Sasaki immediately. Jackson Chourio set the table with a ground-rule double, Brice Turang followed with a double of his own to plate the first run, and a Sal Frelick single scored two more. Just like that it was 3-0, and the Brewers had not even needed to work hard to get there. The Dodgers offense went quiet through the next three innings. Sasaki settled and kept Milwaukee off the board, but Los Angeles still needed an answer.
Teoscar Turns the Game
It came in the fourth. Freddie Freeman led off with a double to left, his 14th of the season, and Andy Pages followed with a sharp double of his own to score Freeman and pull the Dodgers within two. Kyle Tucker walked to bring up Hernandez with runners at first and second.
What happened next was decisive. Hernandez drove a three-run bomb to left field for his seventh homer of the year, and the lead flipped. Four to three, Dodgers. One swing erased three runs and the entire energy of the ballpark. Sasaki had the cushion he needed, and Milwaukee never got another real chance to take it back.
Sasaki finished his night after five innings, allowing four hits and three runs, two earned, while striking out four. He picked up the win to move to 3-3 on the season. The first inning was rough, but he did what the best starters do after a rough inning: he kept the deficit manageable and gave the offense room to work.
Freeman on Base, the Bullpen on Lock
Freddie Freeman had the kind of night that does not always show up in the headline. He walked four times, scored three runs, and was a constant presence on the bases every time the lineup cycled through. Freeman reached base five times total. He did not need a big hit to be the most important offensive player on the field.
Once the bullpen took over in the sixth, Milwaukee went quiet and stayed that way. Alex Vesia worked a clean sixth with two strikeouts. Kyle Hurt followed with another scoreless frame, his ERA now sitting at an almost unreal 0.60 on the season. Tanner Scott struck out the side in the eighth. Three pitchers, three innings, zero runs allowed. The game was locked.
The Ninth Puts It Away for Good
With the Brewers’ bullpen worn down and the lead secure, Los Angeles pressed anyway. Freeman walked to lead off the ninth, Will Smith singled to score him, and Hernandez knocked in two more with a single to right. The lead was 9-3 and the Dodgers still were not finished.
Santiago Espinal laced a two-run double to center to push it to 10-3. Shohei Ohtani followed with an RBI single to right to close the scoring at 11-3. It was a blowout in every sense. Hernandez finished the night 3-for-4 with six RBI, the signature performance in a win that was never really in doubt after his fourth-inning swing. Ohtani went 2-for-5 with a walk and an RBI. As a lineup, the Dodgers drew 11 walks, collected 10 hits, and scored 11 runs. They made Milwaukee pay for every mistake.
Up Next
Los Angeles and Milwaukee wrap up the three-game series Sunday at American Family Field with Yoshinobu Yamamoto on the mound against Brandon Sproat. The Dodgers return home Tuesday to open a series against Colorado at Dodger Stadium.
