Brewers' 3-0 NLCS Lead Sends World Series Tickets Soaring

A Sweep One Win Away

The Milwaukee Brewers stunned the two-time defending champion Dodgers 6-2 in Game 3 at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday, taking a 3-0 lead in the National League Championship Series, as NBC News reports.

According to NBC News, Jake Bauers and Garrett Mitchell hit back-to-back homers off Blake Snell in the seventh inning to erase a 2-1 Dodgers lead, while Robert Gasser threw five shutout frames.

Fox News (OutKick) frames it as the first time in the Shohei Ohtani era the Dodgers look 'utterly spent,' noting Milwaukee can now return last year's sweep favor in Game 4.

Why the Upset Shocked Everyone

The Dodgers entered the series as a two-time defending World Series champion built into what Fox News (OutKick) calls an 'indestructible machine,' yet Milwaukee has pushed them to the brink on their own home turf.

NBC News notes the only other time the Dodgers trailed 3-0 in a best-of-seven series, they were swept by Baltimore in the 1966 World Series, and no major-league team has come back from 3-0 except the 2004 Red Sox.

According to Fox News, Dave Roberts' answer was simply 'you just gotta win tomorrow,' while a Dodgers star reportedly offered a blunt assessment of the team's play.

The Evidence: An Uptown bats Attack

The detail-level play is remarkable. NBC News reports Jackson Chourio homered on Blake Snell's very first pitch of the game, and that Snell had retired 14 batters in a row before the seventh-inning collapse.

Fox News (OutKick) describes Bauers winning an 11-pitch battle with a 412-foot two-run shot and Mitchell following with a 428-foot drive that chased Snell.

DL Hall added 2 1/3 scoreless innings and Trevor Megill recorded his fourth save of the postseason, per NBC News, which also notes the Dodgers have yet to homer in the NLCS.

Ticket Frenzy in Milwaukee

The business side moved as fast as the scoreboard. mlb.com reports the Brewers announced a Wisconsin-resident pre-sale at 10 a.m.

CT Thursday for potential World Series Games 1 and 2 (plus Games 6 and 7 if necessary) at American Family Field, with the general public sale at 2 p.m. CT, and club president Rick Schlesinger warning that single-game inventory will be 'extremely limited.'

WISN says tickets went on sale Thursday at brewers.com › Postseason, by phone or at the box office, with day-of-game parking limited.

Prices Already Spiking

Yahoo Sports reports the get-in price for a potential World Series Game 1 in Milwaukee hit $1,593 for standing room — about a $150 jump in a day, per Gametime — with Games 2, 6 and 7 hovering around $1,800 and a possible Game 7 running $2,110.

By comparison, Yahoo Sports puts the Dodgers' cheapest World Series get-in at $887, and Cleveland ($892) above Tampa Bay ($609) in a 1-1 ALCS. Those figures, the outlet cautions, will fluctuate with the series outcomes.

What Comes Next

Game 4 goes Thursday at 8 p.m. ET on FS1, per mlb.com, where the Brewers can become the first club, as NBC News notes, to sweep a playoff opponent that swept them the previous postseason — Los Angeles took all four games against Milwaukee in last year's NLCS.

If Milwaukee closes it out, World Series Game 1 is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 23, and per mlb.com the only guaranteed route to tickets is a 2027 Season Seat Membership.

Fox News (OutKick) notes Milwaukee is chasing its second pennant and first in the National League, and first Fall Classic since 1982.

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