The Milwaukee Brewers had more than one star in their Game 3 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers, but DL Hall ended up as the arm that steadied everything after a shaky moment from Pat Murphy.
Hall’s line was the kind that can get buried behind bigger swings and louder highlights: 2.1 innings, one baserunner allowed, two strikeouts, and a win. But he didn’t just mop up. He entered with one out in the sixth, the Brewers suddenly down 2-1 after Murphy stayed with Abner Uribe too long, and calmly pulled Milwaukee out of trouble.
That trouble started when Murphy turned from Robert Gasser, who had thrown 72 pitches while holding the Dodgers scoreless, to Uribe for the sixth. On paper, it made sense.
Uribe has appeared in every postseason game this year and has been used in a specialized role against right-handed hitters. This time, though, he never found the zone.
He walked Teoscar Hernández and Kyle Tucker, then struck out Max Muncy after Dave Roberts pinch-hit for Andy Pages.
At that point, Murphy had a left-hander warming in Hall, but he stuck with Uribe as Shohei Ohtani came up. Uribe issued a five-pitch walk to Ohtani, loading the bases and forcing Milwaukee into a dangerous spot with Will Smith next.
Murphy still stayed put, and Smith ripped a first-pitch center-cut sinker off the wall in left-center for a two-run double that put Los Angeles ahead. Only then did Hall enter.
From there, Hall shut the door on the Dodgers’ immediate rally. With Smith on second and Ohtani on third, Roberts used Kiké Hernández off the bench, and Hall answered by striking out Hernández and Tommy Edman to limit the damage to one run.
The left-hander wasn’t finished. After Milwaukee surged ahead 4-2 in the top of the seventh, Hall returned and gave the Brewers exactly what they needed: a six-pitch inning in which he retired Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman and Teoscar Hernández in order.
Murphy pushed him again to begin the eighth, even though Aaron Ashby was available after throwing 47 total pitches in Games 1 and 2. Hall got Tucker and Muncy before Ohtani poked a groundball single, and that was the end of his night. Trevor Megill came in for the four-out save.
By the time it was over, Hall had covered 2.1 innings and quietly taken over the game. The win gave him three postseason pitching victories, which makes him the franchise leader in that category. More importantly for Milwaukee, his work erased the sting of Murphy’s bullpen gamble and helped turn a messy inning into a Brewers comeback.
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