What happened: Yamamoto needed 45 pitches to get through Milwaukee's order once and reached 61 pitches with two outs in the third. Brice Turang drew a six-pitch walk and William Contreras battled seven pitches before Jake Bauers fouled off nine pitches in a 12-pitch walk. The same Christian Yelich who lined the go-ahead single singled up the middle one batter later to end the start.

Why it matters: Milwaukee reversed last October's chase-heavy approach by taking early and spoiling late for four swinging misses against 12 called strikes. The grind removed a pitcher who threw a 111-pitch complete game against Milwaukee in last year's NLCS. Leaving in the third forced the Los Angeles Dodgers to

What to watch: Milwaukee carries momentum into Game 3 with Los Angeles having burned early bullpen innings. Los Angeles needs length from its next starter to reset relief availability.