LOS ANGELES (Interstat) — The Milwaukee Brewers will face the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday at Dodger Stadium in Game 5 of their playoff series. Milwaukee is the visiting team and enters 110-60. Los Angeles is the home team and is 103-67. The weather forecast at game time is 84 degrees.

Milwaukee has won the first four games of the series. The Brewers won 2-1 and 7-4 at home, then won 6-2 and 6-4 at Dodger Stadium. Milwaukee has scored at least six runs in each of the past three games. In the most recent meeting, Milwaukee beat Los Angeles 6-4. Aaron Ashby pitched three scoreless innings, allowing two hits with three strikeouts. David Hamilton went 2 for 4 with a home run and two RBIs. JoJo Romero added two scoreless innings, allowing one hit with three strikeouts. For Los Angeles, Shohei Ohtani hit a home run and drove in three runs. Edwin Díaz allowed one run in three innings, and Tyler Glasnow gave up four runs in 4 1/3 innings.

Ashby has been productive for Milwaukee. He allowed no earned runs in 1 2/3 innings against Los Angeles earlier in the series and no earned runs in two innings in another meeting. He also threw three scoreless innings at San Diego and had scoreless outings against St. Louis, Philadelphia and Baltimore. He has recorded strikeouts in each of his recent outings. His recent stretch has given Milwaukee steady relief work.

Glasnow has been a key pitcher for Los Angeles. In his last start against Milwaukee, he allowed four earned runs on three hits with two walks and six strikeouts over 4 1/3 innings. He struck out 11 and allowed three earned runs over 6 1/3 innings against San Diego. Against Atlanta, he allowed one earned run on one hit with five walks and five strikeouts in 4 2/3 innings. He has reached at least five strikeouts in each of his past three starts. Los Angeles will look for a stronger outing from him.

The Brewers have won seven of the past eight meetings between the teams. That includes four straight in the playoff series. Los Angeles won two regular-season meetings, but Milwaukee took three of four later in the season and has carried that success into the postseason. The Dodgers need a win at home to keep their season going.

If necessary, the series would return to Milwaukee for the next games. Both teams are scheduled to meet there again.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Milwaukee 10, Los Angeles 7. Interstat’s ELO system gives Milwaukee a 52.2 percent probability to win.