MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Brewers third baseman Mike Moustakas is becoming a free agent again, and so is reliever Joakim Soria.

In addition, the Brewers exercised a $3,175,000 option on All-Star right-hander Jeremy Jeffress, who would have been eligible for salary arbitration if it had ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Christian Yelich made it to the World Series, just not the way he hoped.

The Milwaukee Brewers star accepted the Hank Aaron Award as the outstanding offensive player in the National League before Game 3 between the Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday. Boston ...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — David Stearns doesn’t expect wholesale change for the Milwaukee Brewers after they fell a game short of the World Series.

Milwaukee is set to return most of its roster after winning the NL Central in a tiebreaking 163rd game and pushing the Dodgers to Game 7 of the NL ...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Christian Yelich and the Milwaukee Brewers think they’re just getting started.

Sure looks that way, too.

Led by breakout performances by Yelich, Josh Hader and Jesus Aguilar, Milwaukee chased down the Chicago Cubs to win the NL Central for the first time since 2011. ...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Chris Taylor is sparking Los Angeles with his bat and his glove, just like old times.

Only this October, the do-it-all Dodger is looking to finish the job.

Taylor capped a terrific NL Championship Series when he made an outstanding catch to help Los Angeles beat the ...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Cody Bellinger is the MVP of the NL Championship Series.

All it took was a couple of big swings.

Bellinger hit a two-run homer to help the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Milwaukee Brewers 5-1 in Game 7 on Saturday night. Last season’s NL Rookie of the Year also singled ...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Yasiel Puig and Cody Bellinger flexed their muscles. Chris Taylor flashed some leather.

Then the Los Angeles Dodgers got a lift from ace Clayton Kershaw out of the bullpen to finish off the Milwaukee Brewers and return to the World Series.

Puig broke open a tight ...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Craig Counsell and the Milwaukee Brewers relied on their bullpen all season long.

Those hard-throwing relievers finally ran out of gas in the NL Championship Series.

Josh Hader was brilliant as usual, but Jeremy Jeffress was tagged for a crucial three-run homer by ...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Julio Urias pitched with a heavy heart in Game 7 of the NL Championship Series, helping the Los Angeles Dodgers advance to the World Series a night after his grandmother died.

Enrique Hernandez shared the news with teammates and asked

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Clayton Kershaw will be available in relief for the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 7 of the NL Championship Series against the Milwaukee Brewers.

The winner of Saturday night’s game plays the Red Sox in the World Series, which starts Tuesday in Boston.

Kershaw would be ...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Manny Machado gestured with hands, appearing to egg on the booing crowd as he retreated down the dugout steps following a first-inning strikeout.

The jeers kept coming for the Los Angeles Dodgers star. So did the outs.

Machado went 0 for 4 with two strikeouts in a ...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Ryan Braun slid across home plate and raised his arms in sheer joy.

A big lead, a bruising bullpen and a boisterous crowd have the Milwaukee Brewers all set up for Game 7.

Jesus Aguilar sparked Milwaukee’s slumping lineup with three RBIs on a pair of two-out hits, ...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Left-hander Wade Miley will have to face to a right-handed hitter right away in Game 6 as the Milwaukee Brewers try to stave off elimination in the NL Championship Series.

First baseman David Freese is

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Wade Miley, take two.

And this time, the Milwaukee Brewers left-hander figures to seeing more than one batter in his next start in the NL Championship Series.

It comes on Friday night when Miley will try to help the Brewers stave off elimination, down 3-2 to the Los ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Clayton Kershaw put his previous flop behind him and pushed the Los Angeles Dodgers forward — one victory from a return trip to the World Series.

With so much at stake, the three-time Cy Young Award winner bounced back from one of his worst postseason starts with one of ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — By the time Manny Machado rounded third base, the Los Angeles Dodgers had already started streaming out of the dugout.

After more than five hours of tension-filled baseball, they were certainly eager to celebrate.

Cody Bellinger

LOS ANGELES (AP) — For the first time since the Milwaukee Brewers began their incredible late-season surge, their bats went cold enough to lose.

The Brewers managed just eight hits over 13 innings in their 2-1 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night, evening the NL Championship ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers and Los Angeles Dodgers are tied 1-1 after 12 innings in Game 4 of the NL Championship Series.

With the Brewers leading 2-1 in the best-of-seven series, the defending NL champion Dodgers went ahead when Brian Dozier singled home a run in the first ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Infielder Jonathan Schoop is getting his first start for the Milwaukee Brewers in Game 4 of the NL Championship Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

He is hitting sixth on Tuesday. Schoop replaces Travis Shaw, who started the previous two games.

The Brewers lead ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers know they can count on their intimidating bullpen to get outs. They may not have been expecting a twice-demoted shortstop to generate so much offense.

Jhoulys Chacin combined with four relievers on a five-hitter and

LOS ANGELES (AP) — When the Dodger Stadium crowd wasn’t booing Yasmani Grandal or chanting his backup’s name, the fans largely sat in a disappointed hush while the Milwaukee Brewers’ pitching staff mowed down their team.

The Dodgers’ miserable Monday night only got more intriguing after ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dodgers manager Dave Roberts came into the postseason willing to let his starters go deeper into games.

He has yet to find someone who can stick around.

Hyun-Jin Ryu lasted 4 1/3 innings in Game 2 against the Milwaukee Brewers. Ace Clayton Kershaw managed just ...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Justin Turner and the Los Angeles Dodgers know all about performing in the postseason.

Backed into a tough spot Saturday, the red-headed slugger delivered once again.

Shut down for most of the afternoon, Los Angeles staged another late rally and Turner hit a two-run ...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Yasmani Grandal is out of the starting lineup for Game 2 of the NL Championship Series against the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday.

Grandal committed two errors and had two passed balls in Los Angeles’ Game 1 loss Friday night. Austin Barnes ...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Clayton Kershaw pounded his glove over and over, yelling “Let’s go!” as he walked off the mound.

Pretty soon, he was gone.

Kershaw was hit hard in the shortest start of his spotty playoff career, and the shaky Los Angeles Dodgers lost 6-5 to the Milwaukee Brewers in ...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The pitch from Bob Uecker was, predictably, just a bit outside.

The Milwaukee Brewers announcer is always good for a laugh, even before the first game of the NL Championship Series.

“Bob will be throwing out the (ceremonial) first pitch tonight,” a press conference ...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers put Xavier Cedeno on their roster for the NL Championship Series against Los Angeles, adding another left-hander to their deep bullpen for the matchup with the Dodgers’ power-packed lineup.

Cedeno had a 1.13 ERA in eight innings over 15 games after he ...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — David Freese is hitting third for the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 1 of the NL Championship Series against the Milwaukee Brewers, returning to a city where he enjoyed postseason success in 2011.

Freese was the 2011 NLCS MVP after hitting .545 with three homers and nine RBIs ...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Build an early lead, get five good innings out of the starter and bring in the bullpen.

The Milwaukee Brewers used that formula to win 11 straight games going into the NL Championship Series against ...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Gio Gonzalez will start for the Milwaukee Brewers in Game 1 of the NL Championship Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night.

Brewers manager Craig Counsell announced his rotation on Thursday. Gonzalez was 3-0 with a 2.13 ERA in five starts for the Brewers ...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — It sounds, at first, like a long, drawn out “Booooo!”

But look at the name on the scoreboard and it becomes apparent what fans at Miller Park are really chanting.

“Mooooose!”

Mike Moustakas has been a hit with fans and teammates with the Milwaukee Brewers since ...

A look at the best-of-seven National League Championship Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Milwaukee Brewers:

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Schedule: (All times EDT) Game 1, Friday, at Milwaukee, 8:09 p.m.; Game 2, Saturday, at Milwaukee, 4:09 p.m.; Game 3, Monday, Oct. 15, at Los Angeles, 7:39 p.m.; ...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Curtis Granderson rounded first base and kept going. He reached second, stopped and turned around to smile back toward the Milwaukee Brewers dugout.

Granderson’s trademark enthusiasm is evident even in an off-day workout in the postseason

The Brewers returned to ...

DENVER (AP) — The 38-year-old journeyman catcher looked to his left and spotted his Milwaukee Brewers teammates spilling out of the dugout. Erik Kratz then looked straight ahead and saw his reliever standing ...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The thin mountain air in Denver might do wonders for the slumping Colorado Rockies.

They’re going home again, down 2-0 in the NL Division Series to the Milwaukee Brewers. Game 3 in the best-of-five series is Sunday at Coors Field.

“I don’t have a doubt that we’re ...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — It turns out there is way more to the Milwaukee Brewers than just Christian Yelich.

The rest of this Brew Crew can play, too. Especially those guys in that loaded bullpen.

Jhoulys Chacin pitched five sparkling innings on short rest, Mike Moustakas contributed two ...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Extra innings, two outs and the winning run on third in Game 1 of the playoffs.

Short on playoff experience, the Milwaukee Brewers dealt for veteran Mike Moustakas over the summer to produce in just this kind of spot.

Good deal.

Moustakas scored MVP ...