This horrendous Brewers' stat shows why Games 1 and 2 of NLCS vs. Dodgers have been outliers

The Milwaukee Brewers lost Game 2 of the National League Championship Series to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night after a second straight game of putting up one run.

The Dodgers beat the Brewers 2-1 in Game 1 on Monday night and then 5-1 in Game 2 on Tuesday night, and now hold a 2-0 lead as the series heads to Los Angeles.

In both games, the Dodgers' starting pitcher went at least eight innings, which was the first time the Brewers allowed that to happen in a long time.

Horrendous Brewers' stat describes 0-2 NLCS hole

Dodgers' pitcher Blake Snell started Game 1 and delivered his best postseason start of his career, pitching eight shutout innings, and allowed just a single hit with 10 strikeouts.

Then in Game 2, Dodger's starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto did him one better by pitching a complete game. Yamamoto gave up a leadoff home run to Brewers' outfielder Jackson Chourio before throwing nine complete innings.

In the Brewers' previous 283 games entering the NLCS, only twice did an opposing starter get through eight innings. It's happened twice through two games in the NCLS, according to Milwaukee Journal Sentinal's Curt Hogg.

JACKSON CHOURIO LEADOFF BLAST! #NLCS pic.twitter.com/gi7YrJHXpo

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"We chased way more than we've chased all year. We've been the best in baseball at not chasing," Brewers' manager Pat Murphy said. "These pitchers brought out the worst in us."

The Brewers were one of the top offenses in the MLB throughout the regular season. Milwaukee averaged almost five runs per game, which ranked No. 4 in the league.

In the postseason, that had continued, at home at least. The Brewers scored 19 runs across their three home games during the NLDS against the Chicago Cubs, and an opposing pitcher didn't last more than three innings.

YOSHINOBU YAMAMOTO FINISHES OFF A COMPLETE GAME ON PITCH NO. 111!#NLCS pic.twitter.com/swcxV67ouu

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However, one could argue the quality of starting pitching is much better when facing Snell and Yamamoto in the first two games of the NLCS. But still, the Brewers bats have disappeared and so has their ability to work counts and drive up pitch counts.

Now, the Brewers will hit the road for Los Angeles in a 2-0 hole in the NLCS, and the Dodgers will have Tyler Glasnow and Shohei Ohtani on the mound for Games 3 and 4.

Both guys are fully capable of putting up zeros, and if the Brewers want to extend the NLCS, they're going to have to figure things out in the batter's box.