The Dodgers followed their familiar pattern this postseason to perfection, with Yoshinobu Yamamoto providing the excellent start on the mound and the offense doing enough to beat the Brewers 5-1 in Game 2 on Tuesday night in Milwaukee, taking control of the National League Championship Series.

Being up 2-0 in a series is a nice place to be, and the Dodgers have enjoyed that lofty perch in the wild card round (already clinching that best-of-3 affair), in the NLDS (winning that best-of-five in four games), and now in the best-of-7 NLCS before returning home.

Yamamoto in his previous start — in Game 3 of the NLDS against the Phillies — allowed three runs in four-plus innings, which represents the worst and shortest start by any Dodgers starting pitcher this season. He made up for that and t

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