Overview
- The Milwaukee Brewers beat the San Diego Padres 3-1 on Wednesday night to win the best-of-five NL Division Series in four games.
- Garrett Mitchell made a leaping, game-saving catch at the right-center wall in the eighth inning that robbed Manny Machado of a likely tying home run and preserved Milwaukee’s lead.
- Mitchell also delivered at the plate with two hits and a leadoff triple that helped spark the go-ahead rally, and Jackson Chourio drove in the decisive run and became Milwaukee’s career postseason RBI leader.
- Milwaukee received starting work from Robert Gasser and three scoreless relief innings from Aaron Ashby before Trevor Megill closed; the win ended the Brewers’ 12-game road postseason losing streak.
- The Padres finished the season with questions about pitching depth and several pending free agents or opt-outs, and new owners Jose E. Feliciano and Kwanza Jones face a potentially major offseason overhaul.