LOS ANGELES — The last one — the last out of a game, say, or the last victory in a playoff series — is considered the hardest one to achieve, if old adages and the like are to be believed.

But when your team is absolutely rolling in the postseason, with timely hitting, dominant starting pitching and a bullpen that may have found its second wind, is it really going to be that big a hurdle?

The Dodgers, swept by Milwaukee in the regular season series, are poised to reverse that with one more swipe of the broom Friday night. Their 3-1 victory over the Brewers Thursday, in a game that felt more comfortable than the score might have indicated, put them in position to get back to the World Series for the second year in a row, third time in six years and fifth time in the last nine.

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