Brewers complete NLCS sweep, ending Dodgers' playoff run

The Los Angeles Dodgers' quest for three consecutive World Series titles ended on Thursday night after the Milwaukee Brewers swept the Boys in Blue in the National League Championship Series. 

The Dodgers jumped out to an early lead in the second inning after Andy Pages batted in right fielder Kyle Tucker and superstar Shohei Ohtani ended his nearly two-month home-run drought with a three-run homer to right-center field. 

But the lead dwindled through four innings as the Brewers inched their way forward, tying the game in the fifth inning and taking the lead in the sixth with a solo home run from center fielder Garrett Mitchell.

The Dodgers kept the Brewers on the edge of their seats with multiple opportunities to claw back the lead, but they failed to bring in runners in scoring position multiple times.

After the second-inning home run, Ohtani struggled for the rest of the game, going 1-for-4 and striking out three times. 

According to MLB Network, the Brewers' comeback secured the franchise in the history books as they became the first team to sweep the team that swept them in the playoffs the previous year. The 1923 New York Yankees are the only other team in MLB history to get swept and win a rematch the following year, but it took them six games to do it. 

They went on to win the World Series against the New York Giants. 

In their first World Series appearance since 1982, the Brewers will face either the Cleveland Guardians or the Tampa Bay Rays in hopes of capturing the franchise's first-ever title.