Schedule and 2025 Results
Regular Season Records: Milwaukee 97-65, Los Angeles Dodgers 93-69
Game 1 on Monday, 13 October: Los Angeles Dodgers win at Milwaukee, 2-runs-1
Game 2 on Tuesday, 14 October: Los Angeles Dodgers win at Milwaukee, 5-runs-1
Game 3 on Thursday, 16 October: Milwaukee loses at Los Angeles Dodgers, 3-runs-1
Game 4 on Friday, 17 October: Milwaukee loses at Los Angeles Dodgers, 5-runs-1

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 4: The Los Angeles Dodgers hosted and defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 5-runs-1 to complete a 4-games-nil best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1615 victory. With the series 1615 win, the Los Angeles Dodgers improve their best-of-7 MLB playoff series record to 13-12 overall and 6-6 in the Semifinals round. With the series 1615 loss, the Milwaukee Brewers see their best-of-7 MLB playoff series record fall to 0-4 overall and 0-3 in the Semifinals round. The win order for the victorious Los Angeles Dodgers in series 1615 was WWWW: Series 1615 thus becomes the eleventh MLB Semifinals-round series, the 32nd MLB series (all rounds), and the 258th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. The four total runs tallied by the Milwaukee Brewers in series 1615 are the fewest total runs by one team in a best-of-7 MLB playoff series since series 573, in which the Boston Red Sox also tallied four total runs upon suffering a four-game sweep from the 1990 American League Championship Series by the Oakland Athletics. Series 1615 thus also ties series 573 for fewest total runs by one team in a best-of-7 MLB Semifinals series. The four-game sweep accomplished by the Los Angeles Dodgers is their second overall; in series 158, the Los Angeles Dodgers swept the New York Yankees in four games in the 1963 World Series.

After Game 3: The Los Angeles Dodgers hosted and defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 3-runs-1 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1615 lead of 3-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Los Angeles Dodgers have a series record of 3-0 and a Game 4 record of 1-2. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Milwaukee Brewers have a series record of 0-0 and a Game 4 record of 0-0. The sole best-of-7 MLB playoff series sweep achieved by the Los Angeles Dodgers occurred in series 158, over the New York Yankees in the 1963 World Series. Series 1615 becomes the first best-of-7 MLB playoff series to open WWW @ VVH since series 1417, by the Washington Nationals over the St. Louis Cardinals en route to a four-game sweep in the 2019 National League Championship Series. Series 1615 becomes the 413th MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series to open 3-games-nil, and the 42nd MLB best-of-7 playoff series to open 3-games-nil; the Milwaukee Brewers now strive to become the sixth MLB/NBA/NHL team and the second MLB team to surmount a 3-games-nil deficit for a 4-games-3 victory in a best-of-7 playoff series.

After Game 2: The Los Angeles Dodgers visited and bested the Milwaukee Brewers 5-runs-1 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1615 lead of 2-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Los Angeles Dodgers have a series record of 4-2 and a Game 3 record of 3-3. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Milwaukee Brewers have a series record of 0-0 and a Game 3 record of 0-0 (since the Brewers had never previously trailed a best-of-7 MLB playoff series 2-games-nil). The series 1615 Game 2 loss by the Milwaukee Brewers gives the Brewers a 0-4 Game 2 record in best-of-7 MLB playoff series. In the history of best-of-7 MLB playoff series, teams winning Game 1 by one run and Game 2 by four runs (i.e., the Los Angeles Dodgers in series 1615) have a 4-0 series record and a 3-1 Game 3 record.

After Game 1: The Los Angeles Dodgers visited and defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 2-runs-1 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1615 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Los Angeles Dodgers have a series record of 6-3 and a Game 2 record of 6-3. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Milwaukee Brewers have a series record of 0-0 and a Game 2 record of 0-0 (having lost their first best-of-7 MLB playoff Game 1 in series 1615). In best-of-7 MLB playoff series history, teams such as the Los Angeles Dodgers in series 1615 which post a 2-runs-1 Game 1 victory own a 9-5 (.643) series record. The Milwaukee Brewers brought a 3-0 best-of-7 MLB playoffs Game 1 record and a 0-3 best-of-7 MLB playoffs Game 2 record into series 1615; having lost their first Game 1 in series 1615, they now aspire to win their first Game 2.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2025 MLB regular season, the Milwaukee Brewers finished four games ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers. From 1905 through the 2024 MLB Finals round, when MLB teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by four regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 9-5 (.643) in those series against those opponents. Best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1615 is the fourth best-of-7 MLB playoff series for the Milwaukee Brewers, and the 25th for the Los Angeles Dodgers. In best-of-7 MLB playoff series, the Milwaukee Brewers have an all-rounds series record of 0-3, a Semifinals-round series record of 0-2, and a Game 1 record of 3-0, while the Los Angeles Dodgers have an all-rounds series record of 12-12, a Semifinals-round series record of 5-6, and a Game 1 record of 9-15. Series 1615 is the second best-of-7 MLB playoff series meeting between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Los Angeles Dodgers. Series 1615 is a rematch of series 1384, in which the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2018 MLB Semfinals (in the National League Championship Series).