BREWERS FORCE NLCS GAME 7 WITH 7-2 ROUT OF DODGERS

LOS ANGELES— The Milwaukee Brewers staged an early onslaught to set up a 7-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers to level their National League Championship Series here Friday and force a decisive Game 7.

Jesus Aguilar, Mike Moustakas and Erik Kratz all drove in first inning runs as the Dodgers’ South Korean pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin turned in his worst performance of the 2018 season at just the wrong time.

The Dodgers—fresh from wins in Games 4 and 5—had hoped to lock up a return to the World Series at Miller Park on Friday as they aim to end a 30year drought for the coveted baseball crown.

The visitors got off to a dream start when leadoff hitter David Freese smashed a 402foot homer to right center field to give them a 1-0 first inning lead.

But the Brewers hit back with a devastating burst of scoring in the bottom of the first which ultimately decided the game.

Dodgers starter Ryu never looked comfortable in the face of an aggressive onslaught from the home side which got Lorenzo Cain and Ryan Braun on base either side of outs from Christian Yelich and Travis Shaw.

The arrival of first baseman Aguilar to the plate marked the opening of the floodgates, the Venezuelan lashing a double to right field which brought home Cain and Braun.

Third baseman Moustakas then piled on the agony for Ryu, opening his at-bat with a double to right field to score Aguilar and make it 3-1.