Brewers sweep Rockies

The Milwaukee Brewers beat the Colorado Rockies 6-0 in Game 3 Sunday to sweep their NL Division Series.

DENVER — Wade Miley pitched masterfully into the fifth inning before turning it over to a lightsout Milwaukee bullpen, 38-year-old catcher Erik Kratz kept up his torrid hitting and the Brewers beat the Colorado Rockies 6-0 in Game 3 on a cool, misty Sunday to sweep their NL Division Series.

The Brewers have won 11 straight dating to the regular season and advance to their first NL Championship Series since 2011. They will play the winner of the DodgersBraves series, starting Friday at Miller Park.

With manager Craig Counsell making all the right moves, Milwaukee’s pitching staff held Nolan Arenado, Trevor Story and the bruising Rockies to a combined two runs and 14 hits in the series. Of the 28 innings in the matchup, wild card Colorado scored in only one of them.

“The story of the series for us was certainly our pitching,” Counsell said. “We got a great start from Wade Miley. He did a beautiful job keeping them off balance.”

Making his postseason debut, Miley toughed the elements — he wore short sleeves when the temperature was 46 degrees — and was even tougher on Rockies hitters. The wily left-hander allowed three hits over 4 2/3 innings.

A procession of five Brewers relievers allowed one hit the rest of the way. With two on, Josh Hader got

Ian Desmond to fly out to end the ninth and start an on-field celebration.

The first one to greet Hader was Kratz, who made his second postseason start and finished 3 for 4 with a double. Acquired from the New York Yankees in May for a player to be named, Kratz is making quite a name for himself in the playoffs. He went 5 for 8 in the series.

“Our pitching staff doesn’t get enough credit,” said Kratz, who was doused over and over with sparkling wine in the Brewers clubhouse.

Orlando Arcia and Keon Broxton hit back-to-back homers in the ninth off

Wade Davis to make it 6-0 and end any sort of drama.

Jesus Aguilar had a solo shot in the fourth off German Marquez.

Braves hold off Dodgers 6-5

ATLANTA — Reliever

Arodys Vizcaino escaped his own jam in a nervy ninth inning and the Atlanta Braves held off the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-5 Sunday night, cutting their deficit in the NL Division Series to 2-1.

Rookie Ronald Acuna

Jr. hit a grand slam that helped the Braves build an early 5-0 lead. Atlanta blew that advantage, but Freddie Freeman hit a tiebreaking homer in the sixth.

Then in the ninth, the Dodgers got runners on first and second with no outs. Vizcaino came back from a 3-0 count to strike out slugger Max Muncy, then fanned Manny Machado on a wild pitch that moved the runners to second and third.

With the entire crowd at SunTrust Park standing, chanting and chopping, Vizcaino fanned a swinging

Brian Dozier to end it.

Game 4 is Monday afternoon at Atlanta.