LOS ANGELES - Trevor Megill has been closing out games for the Milwaukee Brewers all October. Now the 6-foot-8 right-hander is closing a gap in Loyola Marymount history too.

The Brewers completed a four-game sweep of the Dodgers in the National League Championship Series on Thursday night, sending Milwaukee to its first World Series since 1982. Megill, a former LMU Lion and a Long Beach native, has been one of the biggest reasons the Brewers got there, and he is the latest LMU alumnus to reach baseball's biggest stage.

Megill joins five other former LMU and St. Vincent's College players to appear in a World Series. The list stretches back more than a century, from the New York Giants of the Deadball Era to the bullpen in Milwaukee.

Fred Snodgrass, who played at St. Vincent's College before the school changed its name, appeared in the 1911, 1912 and 1913 World Series with the New York Giants. Teammate Tillie Shafer, a St. Vincent's player in 1906, joined him on the Giants for the 1912 and 1913 Fall Classics. Joe Wilhoit, who played at St. Vincent's in 1904 and 1905, reached the 1917 World Series with the Giants.

The modern era of LMU baseball is represented by Chris Gomez, who played for the Lions in 1990 and 1991 and went to the 1998 World Series with the San Diego Padres, and CJ Wilson, an LMU pitcher in 2001 who pitched for the Texas Rangers in the 2010 and 2011 World Series.

Megill, who was drafted out of LMU by the St. Louis Cardinals in 2014 and the San Diego Padres in 2015, has been a steady presence for Milwaukee all year. He made 63 appearances in the regular season, recorded 30 saves and finished with a 2.63 ERA and a 0.892 WHIP, holding opponents to a .181 batting average. He struck out 69 batters in 61 2/3 innings.

The postseason has only made his résumé look better. Megill has made five appearances this October, three against the Padres in the Division Series and two against the Dodgers in the NLCS, and he has not allowed a run. He has four saves and a win in 5 2/3 innings, with six strikeouts and just one hit allowed.

Megill is not the only Brewer with a Lions connection, and the other one comes with a family name LMU fans will recognize. Milwaukee infielder Brice Turang is the son of Brian Turang, who played at LMU in 1988 and 1989 and whose name is all over the Lions' record books to this day.

Megill, a 2025 All-Star, made his major league debut with the Chicago Cubs on April 26, 2021. Across six big league seasons, Megill has appeared in 259 games with 81 saves, 310 strikeouts and a 3.66 ERA. He is the older brother of New York Mets pitcher Tylor Megill.

For a 6-foot-8 closer from Long Beach, the next call to the bullpen comes in the World Series.