Highlights & reaction from the Dodgers’ marathon win over the Brewers in Game 4 of the NLCS

LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers and Brewers lasted well into the night in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series, needing five hours, 15 minutes and 13 innings to decide things at Dodger Stadium.

The Dodgers won 2-1 to even the series, with Cody Bellinger singling to plate Manny Machado with the game-winner.

It was one of two hits for Bellinger, who didn’t start the game and didn’t even enter it until the sixth inning. He was 1-for-21 this postseason before his big night. Amid the walk-off celebration, manager Dave Roberts was among the throng who greeted Bellinger on the outfield grass.

“[Roberts] was the first person that I realized was in front of me other than the guys,” Bellinger said. “I think we gave each other a big hug.”

There were many more highlights from the game leading up to that final moment.

Rich Hill started for the Dodgers and pitched five innings, leaving with the game tied 1-1, where it would stay until the 13th. With the go-ahead run in scoring position and two outs in the fifth, Hill fell behind 3-0 to Christian Yelich before uncorking three consecutive curves to strike him out.

“That was a huge at-bat. Christian’s probably the MVP of the NL,” Hill said. “I knew I was going to be curveball heavy tonight. In that moment, in that situation I was able to strike it, and change the shape of it a few times in that at-bat.”

After he was removed from the game, Hill overturned a cooler full of Hi-Chew candy in the dugout.

“I was just trying to get the guys fired up, get everybody going,” he said. “You’re in the heat of the battle and your emotions are high. That’s what that was.”

It was Machado who scored the winning run for the Dodgers, but most of the talk surrounding the shortstop stemmed from a play three innings earlier, when Machado kicked the leg of Jesus Aguilar, which was still on first base.

Benches emptied though nothing really happened at the time. Some Brewers thought after the game that it was an intentional move by Machado.

Machado was defiant, saying, “I was trying to get over him and hit his foot. If that’s dirty, that’s dirty, I don’t know, call it what you want.”

Both teams used all their position players, and the Dodgers used all eight relievers. Milwaukee used six relievers, but avoiding using Jeremy Jeffress, Brandon Woodruff and Xavier Cedeno. Junior Guerra was great in relief with 3⅔ innings and four strikeouts. The only two hits he allowed were the two to Machado and Bellinger in the 13th, giving him the hard-luck loss.

“We’re in a little bit of a tough spot, for sure,” Brewers manager Craig Counsell said. “I think that’s just the nature of a 13-inning game and losing your starter in the second inning.”

That starter for Milwaukee was Gio Gonzalez, who suffered a high ankle sprain after recording just three outs. He might get replaced on the roster with a fresh arm on Wednesday, which would make Gonzalez ineligible for the World Series, should the Brewers advance.

The Dodgers’ final reliever used was Julio Urias, just 16 months removed from major shoulder surgery to repair an anterior capsule. He pitched sparingly down the stretch, appearing only in three games in appearances of literally no leverage. Urias, still just 22 and the Dodgers’ youngest player, was a surprise addition to the NLCS roster. He allowed a home run in Game 1, but earned the win with a scoreless inning in Game 4.

The plan was for Urias to pitch maybe two more innings at most, then turn things over to Game 6 starter Hyun-jin Ryu if things progressed that far.

“I was stretching,” Urias said. “I thought I could pitch until we got a run, and thankfully we got a run there.”

Kenley Jansen pitched two scoreless innings, holding the Brewers at bay for the ninth and 10th. It tied his longest outing of the season, something he hadn’t done since May 8. It kept a remarkable streak going for Jansen, who has yet to allow a run to Milwaukee in his career, in 20 appearances. That totals 22 innings, with just seven hits and seven walks allowed, and 36 strikeouts.

Jansen was more nervous after he was on the mound in Game 4.

“Once I was out of that game it was so nerve-wracking, seeing how good pitching kept battling and battling,” Jansen said.