LOS ANGELES – Jake Bauers’ two epic plate appearances defined the 2026 National League Championship Series.
For those game-changing moments and a team-high six RBIs, Bauers was named the NLCS MVP after his Brewers swept the Dodgers in a 6-4 comeback victory on Thursday at Dodger Stadium.
The Brewers, who waited 44 years for a return trip to the World Series, had never had a player win the LCS MVP Award before. When they won the AL pennant in 1982, the Angels’ Fred Lynn won MVP honors in a losing effort.
Bauers, who put together a career year with 26 home runs and 86 RBIs, carried it over into the second round of Milwaukee’s postseason. He collected at least one hit in all four games of the NLCS, including a two-run ground-rule double in the fourth inning of Thursday’s clincher that cut Milwaukee’s deficit in half. Bauers also brought in the game-tying run with a bases-loaded walk in the fifth.
His six RBIs tied for the most in a postseason series in franchise history, joining the following performances:
• Jackson Chourio (2026 NLDS)
• Chourio (2025 NLDS)
• Ryan Braun (2011 NLCS)
• Cecil Cooper (1982 World Series)
• Robin Yount (1982 World Series)