Daily Double Play: Your MLB Update

**October 6, 2025 MLB Playoff Recap and News**

On Monday, October 6, 2025, Major League Baseball’s postseason intensified with two pivotal National League Division Series (NLDS) Game 2 matchups. The Los Angeles Dodgers edged the Philadelphia Phillies 4–3 at Citizens Bank Park to take a commanding 2–0 series lead, while the Milwaukee Brewers powered past the Chicago Cubs 7–3 at American Family Field, likewise seizing a 2–0 advantage in their best-of-five. Both victors now carry significant momentum as they return home for Game 3 on Wednesday. ([reuters.com](https://www.reuters.com/sports/baseball/four-run-inning-sends-dodgers-2-0-nlds-edge-phillies--flm-2025-10-07/?utm_source=openai))

### Dodgers 4, Phillies 3 – NLDS Game 2 Highlights
• Final score: Dodgers 4, Phillies 3. Los Angeles improved to 93–69 (41–40 road), Philadelphia fell to 96–66 (55–26 home). ([espn.com](https://www.espn.com/mlb/game/_/gameId/401809279/dodgers-phillies?utm_source=openai))
• Blake Snell (W, 2–0) spun six shutout innings, scattering one hit and striking out nine, issuing four walks before handing the ball to a reshuffled bullpen. ([reuters.com](https://www.reuters.com/sports/baseball/four-run-inning-sends-dodgers-2-0-nlds-edge-phillies--flm-2025-10-07/?utm_source=openai))
• The game remained scoreless through six frames. In the top of the seventh, the Dodgers broke through with a four-run uprising: Will Smith’s two-run single, Teoscar Hernández’s run-scoring grounder, and Shohei Ohtani’s RBI single. ([reuters.com](https://www.reuters.com/sports/baseball/four-run-inning-sends-dodgers-2-0-nlds-edge-phillies--flm-2025-10-07/?utm_source=openai))
• Philadelphia’s late rally saw Nick Castellanos slide headfirst into second for a two-run double in the ninth, but Roki Sasaki secured his second postseason save by stranding the tying run. ([apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/3dd49622c58b4b3798173546bea9dfc2?utm_source=openai))

### Defensive Game-Saver: The Wheel Play
A defining moment occurred in the bottom of the ninth when the Phillies had runners on first and second with no outs. Manager Dave Roberts summoned Alex Vesia, who faced a Bryson Stott bunt. First baseman Max Muncy fielded the bunt and executed a perfectly timed wheel play, firing to third where Mookie Betts applied the tag on Castellanos for the second out. This pre-designed maneuver, credited to Betts and teammates, preserved the Dodgers’ one-run edge and exemplified October’s razor-thin margins. ([truebluela.com](https://www.truebluela.com/los-angeles-dodgers-news-notes/105390/dodgers-bunt-defense-wheel-play-mookie-betts-max-muncy?utm_source=openai))

### Brewers 7, Cubs 3 – NLDS Game 2 Highlights
• Final score: Brewers 7, Cubs 3. Milwaukee improved to 97–65 (52–29 home), Chicago fell to 92–70 (42–39 road). ([espn.com](https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap/_/gameId/401809274?utm_source=openai))
• Chicago struck first with a Seiya Suzuki three-run homer in the opening frame off Aaron Ashby. Milwaukee responded immediately in its half: Andrew Vaughn’s three-run blast tied the game. ([espn.com](https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap/_/gameId/401809274?utm_source=openai))
• William Contreras’s solo shot in the third broke the deadlock, and Jackson Chourio’s three-run homer in the fourth extended the lead to 7–3. The two three-run homers marked the first instances in Brewers postseason history. ([espn.com](https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap/_/gameId/401809274?utm_source=openai))
• Rookie Jacob Misiorowski (W, 1–0) dazzled in relief, logging 3.0 scoreless innings with four strikeouts and touching 104.3 mph on the radar—an unprecedented postseason velocity feat. ([espn.com](https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap/_/gameId/401809274?utm_source=openai))

### Bullpen Brilliance and Offensive Balance
After Ashby’s opener stint, Milwaukee’s bullpen—Nick Mears, Chad Patrick, Jared Koenig, Trevor Megill, and Abner Uribe—combined for 7⅓ scoreless frames, allowing only one hit and fanning ten. Offensively, Christian Yelich collected three hits, and multi-hit efforts from Chourio, Contreras, and Joey Ortiz underscored the Brewers’ depth. Teams up 2–0 in best-of-five series have converted the advantage nearly 90 percent of the time, placing Milwaukee on the cusp of its first Division Series win since 2018. ([brewcrewball.com](https://www.brewcrewball.com/wpa/72927/brewers-take-nlds-game-2-behind-three-homers-strong-bullpen-game?utm_source=openai))

### Players of the Night
MLB’s official “Player of the Game” designations for Division Series Game 2:
- Jackson Chourio (MIL): 2 for 4, 1 HR, 3 RBI in Brewers win.
- Blake Snell (LAD): 6.0 IP, 0 R, 9 K in Dodgers win. ([mlb.com](https://www.mlb.com/stories/player-of-the-game-division-series?utm_source=openai))

### Wider MLB News: ESPN Viewership Records
ESPN reported record-breaking viewership for the 2025 Wild Card Series, averaging 4.625 million viewers across 11 games—an increase of 64 percent year-over-year. Notably, the under-35 demographic surged by 89 percent, and viewership among those 17 and under jumped 108 percent, driven in part by the Boston–New York matchup. Game 3 of Red Sox–Yankees drew 7.439 million viewers, the highest Wild Card audience under the current format. ([apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/d7a9dee83fa9c2d458ae36f6c288d347?utm_source=openai))

### What’s Next?
Both the Dodgers and Brewers, holding 2–0 series leads, return home for Game 3 on Wednesday (Oct 8). Los Angeles hosts the Phillies at Dodger Stadium, likely featuring the veteran arm of Yoshinobu Yamamoto against an Aaron Nola start. In Milwaukee, the Cubs will attempt to extend their season at Wrigley Field. Historically, teams facing 0–2 deficits in a Division Series overcome the hole fewer than 15 percent of the time, placing immense pressure on both Philadelphia and Chicago. ([reuters.com](https://www.reuters.com/sports/baseball/four-run-inning-sends-dodgers-2-0-nlds-edge-phillies--flm-2025-10-07/?utm_source=openai))