The Milwaukee Brewers had already survived one late push from the Los Angeles Dodgers when David Hamilton delivered the swing that changed everything.
After Milwaukee blew past an early 4-0 deficit and grabbed the lead on Garrett Mitchell’s go-ahead homer in the top of the sixth, the Dodgers kept coming. They put the tying run on third base in the sixth, seventh and eighth innings, but the Brewers kept slamming the door and carried a slim edge into the ninth.
That mattered, because the offense had not exactly built much of a cushion. Edwin Diaz had been cruising for the Dodgers, retiring six straight hitters before Hamilton stepped in with two outs in the ninth. Hamilton was 1-3 with an RBI at that point, and with only four regular-season homers to his name, the at-bat did not look like one destined to decide the game.
Then he jumped Diaz and sent one out, stretching Milwaukee’s lead to 6-4. That score held up as the final.
The twist was that the Brewers had set the stage for it. According to Curt Hogg of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Pat Murphy had told Hamilton to bunt in his first at-bat, even with two outs. Hamilton grounded out on the play, and the idea was to give the Dodgers’ pitchers a look they weren’t expecting and, in Murphy’s words, “lull the Dodgers’ pitchers into a false sense of security.”
Hamilton ended up driving in two runs in Milwaukee’s biggest win of the season so far, and Murphy’s club once again showed the kind of baseball that has defined it: finding edges wherever they can.
As Murphy put it, the Brewers may not have the big names the Dodgers do, but they have “gamers” who never shy away from the moment.
And with Aaron Ashby getting the final three outs after Hamilton’s homer gave Milwaukee breathing room, the Brewers finished off the sweep in style.
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