MILWAUKEE — The Los Angeles Dodgers rode a great starting-pitching performance to a win in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series.

The Milwaukee Brewers hope ace right-hander Freddy Peralta can deliver a similar effort as they look to level the best-of-seven series in Game 2 on Tuesday.

Peralta (1-1, 4.66 ERA postseason) will be opposed by Yoshinobu Yamamoto (1-1, 2.53).

The defending champion Dodgers hung on to take the opener 2-1 on Monday after Blake Snell threw eight innings of scoreless, one-hit ball. Freddy Freeman’s sixth-inning solo homer accounted for all the scoring until the Dodgers added a run in the ninth on a bases-loaded walk.

The Brewers answered with a run in the bottom half, but they left the bases loaded when Blake Treinen fanned Brice Turang for the final

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