Freddie Freeman has been held relatively in check. Yet the Dodgers are one game away from a return trip to the World Series. They once again beat the Milwaukee Brewers, 3-1, and can complete the four-game sweep Friday night at Dodger Stadium.

Roki Sasaki oversees a 1-2-3 ninth inning as the Dodgers defeat the Milwaukee Brewers 3-1 in Game 3 of the NLCS to take a 3-0 series lead.

Max Muncy stood near the edge of the Dodgers’ batting cage, which by late Friday had plunged into chaos. Plastic sheets hung on the walls and covered the ground, catching champagne corks and empty beer bottles.

Cal Raleigh’s leadoff home run tied Game 5 of the American League Championship Series in the bottom of the eighth, and four batters later, Eugenio Suárez unleashed an opposite-field grand slam that lifted the Mariners to a 6-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays at T-Mobile Park.

They know the history of baseball in Seattle. They know why M’s fans shook their home, steel stadium during the ALCS Game 5 win over Toronto.

The Los Angeles Dodgers, as they were at the start of the season, are the favorite to win the World Series, and they are now the odds-on favorite at -200 after finishing off a sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers in the NLCS.