MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin - Yoshinobu Yamamoto made an early exit Monday as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-4 to take a 2-0 lead in the National League Championship Series.

The Japanese right-hander lasted just 2-2/3 innings, the shortest start of his postseason career, in his return to American Family Field, where he threw a complete game in Game 2 of last year's NLCS.

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