MILWAUKEE — Devin Williams retired Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman in order in the ninth inning to preserve the Milwaukee Brewers' 5-4 victory over Los Angeles on Wednesday that snapped the Dodgers' five-game winning streak.
Williams needed only seven pitches to retire those three MVPs and earn his second save in as many opportunities. Ohtani hit a fly to left, Betts struck out and Freeman grounded to second.
''I don't know if there's a better 1-2-3 in the league,'' Williams said. ''It was definitely a good test. I passed it today. I might have to do it again tomorrow.''
The Brewers got only four hits but capitalized on three Dodgers errors to end a three-game skid. Milwaukee is the only major league team that hasn't lost at least four in a row at some point this season.
''We competed,'' Brewers manager Pat Murphy said. ''That's the Brewers you guys have seen all year.''
Los Angeles' most critical error came in the seventh, when Betts misplayed a ball in right field to enable Joey Ortiz to score the go-ahead run on Jackson Chourio's single.
''I know that guy (Ortiz) is fast,'' Betts said. ''I was trying to make a play. I just missed it.''
Ortiz led off the seventh by getting hit by a pitch from Brent Honeywell (0-1). After Ortiz advanced to second on Brice Turang's sacrifice bunt, Chourio singled to shallow right.