Milwaukee is moving on — and one catch at the wall will be replayed in Wisconsin for years.
Watch the full highlights from Game 4 of the NLDS, as the Brewers beat the San Diego Padres 3-1 at Petco Park to win the series three games to one. Garrett Mitchell’s leaping catch robbed Manny Machado of a game-tying home run, Jackson Chourio drove in a key run, and Milwaukee’s bullpen protected a one-run game to the end.
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The win was Milwaukee’s first road playoff victory in eight years and sends the Brewers to their second straight NLCS. Waiting there: the Los Angeles Dodgers, who swept Milwaukee at this stage last season. The rematch opens Sunday.
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Wider context for the road ahead: this win — Milwaukee’s first on the road in a playoff game in eight years — sends the Brewers to a second straight NLCS, where the Los Angeles Dodgers are waiting after beating Atlanta. The matchup carries a grievance: Los Angeles swept Milwaukee at this exact stage last season, and Milwaukee’s answer has been to double down on the profile that travels best in October — pitching depth and defensive range rather than a single star. Whether that formula can crack a deeper Dodgers lineup is the question the whole series now hangs on, and it starts with how the Brewers’ bullpen handles the middle of that order in the late innings.
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