The Los Angeles Dodgers are currently down 0-3 to the Milwaukee Brewers in the NLCS. Things are looking bleak for this Dodgers team, and it would not be a surprise if they were eliminated from postseason contention very soon.

Their Thursday Game 4 matchup against the Brewers is their last chance to stay alive in the NLCS. If they lose, their season and dreams of a three-peat are over. But even if they win Game 4, they still have to win three more games in a row.

But as ESPN's David Schoenfield highlighted, winning Game 4 might be all the Dodgers need to do to have hope again in this series. It's still a massive undertaking, but win Game 4, and there's a real path to the second-ever 3-0 comeback win in MLB history.

Why Dodgers can have some hope for NLCS comeback if they win Game 4

"So win Game 4, and then you have Skubal and Yamamoto lined up for Games 5 and 6 -- just like the Red Sox in 2004 had Pedro Martinez and Curt Schilling," Schoenfield writes. "Then, in Game 7, it's back to Snell and Robert Gasser."

Those pitching matchups after Game 4 are the reason why the Dodgers can have any bit of hope for making an NLCS comeback from down 3-0.

Pitching isn't all that needs to go the Dodgers' way, as the offense needs to be significantly better if they want any hope of staying alive.

But if the Dodgers can put together a win in Game 4 with Tyler Glasnow on the mound against the Brewers in a bullpen game, then they'll have some hope.

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Jacob Misiorowski and Logan Henderson will step back onto the mound again for the Brewers, but if the Dodgers' offense comes alive, it's hard not to feel confident in Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Tarik Skubal in Games 5 and 6.

To get there, the Dodgers need to win Game 4. They have a pitching advantage, and the only question is whether they can show any signs of life.

They haven't so far in the NLCS, but if Game 4 ignites this offense and they stay hot, a 3-0 comeback isn't totally out of the question.

It's a massive long shot, and almost certainly won't happen. But the season isn't over yet for the Dodgers, and there is some reason, even if it might be in vain, to have hope that they can turn this thing around.

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