MILWAUKEE (Interstat) — Yoshinobu Yamamoto delivered a masterful complete game, and the Los Angeles Dodgers capitalized on a relentless offensive approach to defeat the Milwaukee Brewers 5-1 on Tuesday night, seizing a commanding lead in their National League playoff series.

A crowd of 41,427 at American Family Field watched as the Dodgers, now 100-70 overall this season, took a two-games-to-none lead in the best-of-seven series. The Brewers fell to 100-69.

Yamamoto was the story of the game, stifling the Brewers’ lineup with a dominant performance. The right-hander allowed just three hits and one earned run over nine innings, striking out seven and walking one. He needed 108 pitches to secure the win, improving his personal record to 14-9.

The Brewers struck first and fast. Leadoff hitter Jackson Chourio launched Yamamoto’s second pitch of the game deep to right-center field for a solo home run, giving Milwaukee an early 1-0 advantage. It was one of the few mistakes Yamamoto would make all evening.

Los Angeles answered decisively in the top of the second inning against Brewers starter Freddy Peralta. After Max Muncy popped out, Teoscar Hernández tied the game by crushing a solo home run to left field. The Dodgers weren’t finished. Enrique Hernández followed with a single, and Andy Pages brought him home with a line-drive double to right field, putting the Dodgers ahead 2-1.

That lead would prove to be all Yamamoto needed, but the Dodgers’ offense continued to apply pressure. They added a single run in each of the sixth, seventh and eighth innings to pull away.

In the sixth, Muncy atoned for his earlier out by launching a solo homer to center field, extending the lead to 3-1 and chasing Peralta from the game. The Dodgers manufactured a run in the seventh when Enrique Hernández doubled, advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt by Pages, and scored on a sharp RBI single from Shohei Ohtani.

Los Angeles capped the scoring in the eighth. Will Smith and Muncy singled and walked, respectively, and both advanced on a groundout. Tommy Edman then drove a single to right field, scoring Smith to make it 5-1.

Peralta, the losing pitcher, fell to 18-8 on the season. He was charged with three earned runs on five hits over 5 2/3 innings, walking one and striking out four.

The Dodgers’ offense amassed 11 hits in total, with Hernández, Edman and Enrique Hernández each collecting two. Milwaukee’s bats, conversely, were silenced by Yamamoto after the first-inning homer. Chourio’s blast was one of only three hits the Brewers mustered, with Brice Turang and Sal Frelick accounting for the other two.

The Brewers’ bullpen saw mixed results. Robert Gasser, Grant Anderson and Aaron Ashby combined for 1 2/3 innings of scoreless relief, but Abner Uribe was touched for a run in his 0.2 innings of work.

The victory defied pregame projections from Interstat, which gave the Brewers a 51.9% probability to win and projected a higher-scoring affair with a final score of 8-5 in favor of Los Angeles. The combined total of six runs fell short of the over/under line of 7.

The series now shifts to Los Angeles for Game 3 on Thursday. The Dodgers, winners of nine of their last ten games, will look to move within one victory of advancing to the next round. The Brewers, who have lost two straight, face a must-win situation to keep their season alive.