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MILWAUKEE — The Dodgers haven’t so a lot crushed opponents this postseason as they’ve worn them down. A lineup that underperformed for a lot of the summer time has been relentless, resourceful and unstoppable in the autumn.

And deep. Did we point out deep? Because while the Dodgers have stars at the top of that lineup, it’s been the gamers at the underside who have completed the most harm.

Tuesday’s 5-1 win over the Milwaukee Brewers in Game 2 of the National League Championship Series is the most current instance of that. The Brewers managed to keep Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman in examine, only to see Teoscar Hernández, Tommy Edman, Kiké Hernández and Andy Pages knock them down repeatedly, combining for seven hits, three runs and three RBIs to give the Dodgers a commanding 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven sequence which resumes Thursday at Dodger Stadium.

And that’s been a development all postseason: The sixth through ninth hitters in the Dodgers lineup are slashing .302/.391/.448 with 14 RBIs and a playoff-best 35 hits in eight video games. The top 5 hitters in the order are batting .235.

“It’s just that trust and belief we have in each other that if you don’t get the job done, the guy behind you is going to do it,” said Kiké Hernández, whose two hits Tuesday raised his postseason average to a team-high .379. Hernández has also scored a playoff-high seven runs.

“We know that, one through nine, we have the best and deepest lineup in the league.”

And the hits have been important ones, with Teoscar Hernández tying the rating with his second-inning home run and Andy Pages, banished to the underside of the order after managing just a single in his first 27 postseason at-bats, untying it three batters later by doubling in Kiké Hernández.

“I was just looking for a pitch in the zone that I could hit well,” Pages, who drove a 1-1 change-up into the right-field nook, said in Spanish. “Obviously it was really important. It put the team ahead. But more important was that I was able to make good contact.”

Making contact and placing the ball in play has been a hallmark of the underside half of the Dodgers’ lineup — and it’s in all probability a big issue in its success. Even with his struggles, Pages has struck out just six instances in eight video games; leadoff hitter Ohtani has fanned more that twice as often.

“Any time you can create traffic, especially in the postseason, it puts a lot of pressure on the opposing pitchers,” Max Muncy said. “And any time you can get guys on base, it just amplifies that and they’re more liable to make mistakes.”

“From the beginning,” Teoscar Hernández added, “it’s putting pressure on the other side. We still have to go there and get our job done.”

The postseason highlight is one Kiké Hernández and Edman have thrived under before. Hernández is batting .330 in his last seven postseason sequence with the Dodgers, nearly 100 factors better than his profession regular-season average. And Edman, who matched Hernández with two hits Tuesday, was named MVP of the NLCS last season after hitting .407 in the Dodgers’ victory over the Mets.

“Those guys, they were made for this moment,” Teoscar Hernández, who leads all postseason gamers with 10 RBIs. “Kiké, I know he’s doesn’t get a lot of opportunities in the regular season, but he knows what he can do.”

“He was a player who was born for this moment,” Pages added of Kiké Hernández. “He’s demonstrated that. And he keeps doing it.”

Another key to doing effectively in the postseason, Teoscar Hernández said, will not be paying consideration to it. Each recreation, he said, presents another likelihood for success or failure and in the playoffs, where each recreation — and each at-bat — is magnified.

So it’s all about what you’ve completed currently. Play the sport, rejoice the victory or mourn the defeat, then flush it and prepare to do it all over again.

“I know we have big names in our lineup. We have really good players,” he said. “But at the same time, we still have to go there and get our job done. It’s not because we had a good lineup that we score a lot of runs. We go there with confidence, with a plan and the just try to execute.”

If they will do that two more instances at home this week, the Dodgers can end the Brewers season and give themselves a week’s relaxation before returning to the World Series for the second time in as many years.

“We’re good. We’re really good,” said Kiké Hernández, who is one of the explanations for that. “The experience, the trust that we have in each other, that if we’re down in the game early, we’re going to find a way to come back and tie it or take the lead.

“We’re 2-0 in the NLCS, but the goal is to win a World Series, not to win two games on the road. And as we’re still playing the Milwaukee Brewers, we’re going to focus on them and take it one day at a time. We haven’t really accomplished anything yet.”

But when they do, count on the accomplishment to come from the underside up.