Overview
- The Padres avoided elimination with a 4-3 victory in Game 3 on Wednesday, Oct. 7, narrowing Milwaukee’s best-of-five lead to 2-1.
- Jake Cronenworth hit the go-ahead home run in the fifth inning after early runs from Fernando Tatis Jr. and Manny Machado put San Diego ahead.
- William Contreras supplied Milwaukee’s offense with a solo homer and three hits, but the Brewers left 11 runners on base and never regained the lead.
- Michael King worked the final two innings for the save, his first since 2023 and his first in the postseason, closing out a tense ninth that ended with Xander Bogaerts turning a game-ending double play.
- Milwaukee lost closer Mason Miller to the paternity list about 45 minutes before first pitch, the teams meet in Game 4 at Petco Park that night, and the winner of a potential Game 5 would return to Milwaukee; the Brewers enter the series as the NL’s 103-win top seed and the two clubs are meeting in the postseason for the first time.