Dodgers Swept by Brewers in NLCS After Going 4 for 27 With Runners in Scoring Position The Milwaukee Brewers swept the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLCS, ending their three-peat bid as the Dodgers went 4 for 27 with runners in scoring position in the series. The Los Angeles Dodgers were swept by the Milwaukee Brewers in the National League Championship Series, losing Game 4 on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026, at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers' bid for a third consecutive World Series title ended largely because their star-studded lineup managed just four hits in 27 at-bats with runners in scoring position while losing all four games. The Brewers won the series 4-0. With all their financial might, the Dodgers could not buy a hit when they needed it most. Asked whether the failures were due to the excellence of the Brewers' pitchers or the Dodgers' hitters, third baseman Max Muncy said it was a little bit of both. He credited the Brewers' bullpen for being extremely good and making pitches, while acknowledging the Dodgers did not get the job done.Muncy added that getting to the end is really, really, really hard and that people may not talk about it enough. He said a team needs many things to go its way, including a little luck, skill, talent and decisions, and that the Dodgers just did not have it this year.There were signs in the second half of the season that the Dodgers were not firing on all cylinders, when their offense began to slow down. Even in winning their NL Division Series against the Atlanta Braves, their power covered up the problem. The Dodgers hit eight homers in that series, accounting for 11 of their 14 runs, but they were 1 for 16 with runners in scoring position. For the entire postseason, they finished 5 for 43.Two of those five hits came in the second inning of Game 4 on Thursday. Andy Pages punched a run-scoring single up the middle, and then Shohei Ohtani hit a three-run homer. That gave the Dodgers a 4-0 lead, and the ballpark was rocking. The party seemed like it was just starting, but it was actually ending. The Dodgers did not get another hit with a runner in scoring position in the game.Outfielder Teoscar Hernandez said better decisions when it comes to swinging the bat could have helped, but he also gave credit to the other side. He said the Brewers have one of the best bullpens in the history of baseball and that it is hard when facing a guy who is attacking with everything and making pitches, being aggressive, and you do not get the results you want.The final four innings of Game 4 were particularly painful for the Dodgers. Just after the Brewers took a 5-4 lead in the top of the sixth, the Dodgers had a runner in scoring position in three straight innings. They went hitless in six official at-bats with runners in scoring position, plus one sacrifice. In two of those innings, they had a runner at third with less than two outs.The frustrating sequence began when Kyle Tucker ripped a one-out double in the sixth, but Hernandez grounded out and Muncy struck out. In the seventh, Pages led off with a double. After Kike Hernandez bunted him to third, Ohtani struck out on three pitches and then Mookie Betts grounded out.With one out in the eighth, Will Smith ripped a double down the right field line and took third base as the ball skipped past right fielder Sal Frelick. Just 90 feet from a tie game, the Dodgers came up empty again. Tucker hit a fly ball to shallow center field, and then Hernandez struck out. The Dodgers went down in order in the ninth, ending their season.Afterward, first baseman Freddie Freeman was asked how deflating it was to continually come up empty in so many opportunities when they just needed a hit. He said everything is deflating now, adding that he knows there was not one pitch or one at-bat, and that the Brewers just outplayed them in the series, which is kind of how it goes. Freeman acknowledged they had their opportunities but did not get the job done.