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LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The Dodgers moved within one victory of their second consecutive World Series appearance with a 3-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers in Game 3 of the National League Championship Series Thursday at Dodger Stadium.
Tommy Edman broke a 1-1 tie by singling in Will Smith from second with one out in the bottom of the sixth inning. The Dodgers added an insurance run one out later when reliever Abner Uribe's throw to pick Edman off from first went into foul territory, allowing Freddie Freeman to score from third.
Game 4 of the best-of-seven series will be played Friday at Dodger Stadium, with the first pitch set for 5:38 p.m.
Only one Major League Baseball team has overcome a three-games-to none deficit in a best-of-seven series -- the 2004 Boston Red Sox, whose Game 4 comeback victory was triggered on a ninth-inning stolen base by Dave Roberts, now the Dodgers manager.
William Contreras walked and Christian Yelich singled with two outs in the Brewers' half of the first inning, but were stranded when Andrew Vaughn grounded into a force out.
The Dodgers then opened the scoring in their half of the first when Shohei Ohtani hit a 1-2 slider from opener Aaron Ashby for a triple and scored one pitch later on Mookie Betts' double.
Milwaukee tied the score in the second. Caleb Durbin tripled with one out and scored one batter later when Jake Bauers singled.
Alex Vesia (2-0), the second of five Dodger pitchers, was credited with the victory after allowing one hit in two-thirds of an inning with one strikeout in relief of starter Tyler Glasnow.
Roki Sasaki pitched a perfect ninth for his third save in four postseason opportunities, striking out Durbin on four pitches for the final out.
Jacob Misiorowski (2-1), the second of four Brewer pitchers, was charged with the loss. He allowed two runs, one earned, and three hits in five innings with nine strikeouts and one walk.
The Dodgers out-hit the Brewers, 5-4, in front of a crowd announced at 51,251.
Durbin was the only player with multiple hits, with a with a seventh- inning leadoff double in addition to his second-inning triple. Following Durbin's double, Bauers flied out to center fielder Andy Pages.
Blake Treinen relieved Vesia and induced pinch-hitter Isaac Collins to pop out to Edman, the Dodgers' second baseman, for the second out. Treinen got ahead of Jackson Chourio 1-2, who sustained an apparent right leg injury when fouling off a sweeper from Treinen.
Blake Perkins pinch hit for Chourio, took a sweeper for a ball, then swung and missed at another sweeper for the inning-ending strikeout, which was charged to Chourio.
The top three hitters in Milwaukee's lineup -- Chourio, Brice Turang and Contreras -- were a combined 0-for-11 with four strikeouts and one walk.
The Brewers were 1-for-7 with runners in scoring position and left six runners on base. The Dodgers were 2-for-6 with runners in scoring position and left five runners on base.
Ohtani was hitless in his three at-bats following the triple, striking out twice. Ohtani is 3-for-29 with 14 strikeouts in his past seven games for a .103 batting average.