Milwaukee’s October keeps rolling. MLB’s official highlights of the 2026 National League Division Series tell the four-game story: the Milwaukee Brewers beating the San Diego Padres, capped by Wednesday’s 3-1 clincher at Petco Park, the club’s first road playoff win in eight years and a return ticket to the National League Championship Series.
The clincher is worth watching for the bullpen alone. After Garrett Mitchell’s RBI single, Jackson Chourio’s run-scoring hit and Sal Frelick’s sacrifice fly built the lead, and Robert Gasser’s only mistake became a Fernando Tatis Jr. home run, Milwaukee’s relievers threw five hitless innings to end a season. San Diego, months after a record $3.9 billion change of ownership, never threatened again. Our Sports desk’s report, “Brewers Finish the Padres, and the NLCS Gets Its Argument”, breaks down how the series was won and what waits in Los Angeles.
Next: the Dodgers, the payroll champions, against Milwaukee’s process. The NLCS begins Sunday, and if these highlights have a thesis, it is that the Brewers do not need the game’s biggest names to own its biggest innings. Watch Chourio’s fifth-inning single again; that swing is the franchise’s whole philosophy in one follow-through.
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