Dodgers star Max Muncy gave a blunt postgame verdict after a 6-2 Game 3 loss left Los Angeles down 3-0 in the NLCS, the Brewers are rolling and L.A. is not.
The Milwaukee Brewers beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-2 on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026, at Dodger Stadium, completing a third straight win and pushing the National League Championship Series lead to 3-0.
Los Angeles, chasing a third straight World Series title, now faces elimination pressure and hosts the next game Thursday at 8 p.m. ET on FOX as it tries to avoid a sweep.
All-Star third baseman Max Muncy did not dress it up. After the loss, he told reporters the problem was plain.
"It’s a pretty simple answer. We’re playing like s---, they’re playing great. As simple as that,"
Fox News reported the postgame scene and the club’s sudden free fall in the series.
The Dodgers finally scratched across runs in the sixth. Catcher Will Smith drove a ball off the wall in left-center, plating two and giving Los Angeles a 2-1 lead.
It did not last. Brewers reliever DL Hall entered and struck out the next two batters, cutting off the rally before more damage.
In the top of the seventh, Milwaukee flipped the game. Jake Bauers won a battle with Dodgers pitcher Blake Snell and hit a two-run home run, putting the Brewers ahead 3-2.
Center fielder Garrett Mitchell followed with a solo shot off Snell. Just like that, it was 4-2 Milwaukee.
Los Angeles went quiet after the lead changed hands. The Brewers retired nine straight Dodgers batters to close it out and finish the 6-2 win.
The offensive drought is the story of the series so far. Through three NLCS losses, the Dodgers have yet to hit a home run.
With runners in scoring position this postseason, they are 3-for-32. That is not championship baseball.
Muncy’s own line mirrors the skid. He is 4-for-21 this postseason. His three home runs all came in the NLDS. He has none in the NLCS, and he struck out in the sixth before delivering that blunt assessment.
Manager Dave Roberts spoke to the media after Game 3. Coverage of the session framed him as still believing a comeback is possible. The club has no margin left to prove it.
Tommy Edman, Mookie Betts, and Freddie Freeman were among the Dodgers looking on during an eighth-inning pitching change as the night slipped away at home.
Milwaukee has played cleaner baseball for three straight games. Los Angeles has not matched that standard, and the deficit shows it.
When a star player says his team is playing poorly and the other side is playing great, fans should take him at his word, and demand the fix starts immediately.
