Brewers leave Dodgers on the brink in MLB playoffs

The Milwaukee Brewers produced a late home run blitz to defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-2 and leave the reigning World Series champions on the brink of elimination from Major League Baseball's playoffs on Wednesday. Jake Bauers and Garrett Mitchell blasted back-to-back home runs in the seventh inning to hand the Brewers a commanding 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven National League Championship series. The star-studded Dodgers line-up – chasing a rare hat-trick of World Series triumphs – now need a miracle if they are to advance to baseball's championship series for a third straight season. Only one team in MLB history – the 2004 Boston Red Sox – has overturned a 3-0 deficit to win a best-of-seven postseason series. The Dodgers, well-beaten in the opening two games of the series in Milwaukee, had looked poised to haul themselves off the canvas after finally clawing their way into a 2-1 lead in the sixth inning thanks to Will Smith's two-run double. That rally came after starting pitcher Blake Snell produced a dazzling performance from the mound to keep the reigning MLB champions in the game. Although Snell had given up a home run to Jackson Chourio off his very first pitch, the two-time Cy Young Award winner...