MILWAUKEE — Yoshinobu Yamamoto picked up where Blake Snell left off, and the result is the Los Angeles Dodgers heading home with a 2-0 lead over the Milwaukee Brewers in the National League Championship Series.

Yamamoto allowed a homer on the first pitch but did not yield another run over a complete-game three-hitter, pacing the defending champion Dodgers to a 5-1 victory over the Brewers in Game 2 on Tuesday night.

The right-hander fired the Dodgers’ first postseason complete game since 2004. The most recent playoff complete game by any pitcher was turned in by Justin Verlander for the Houston Astros in the 2017 American League Championship Series.

“I think if you look at the construction of our roster currently, the strength is starting pitching,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “A

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