Milwaukee BrewersvsSan Diego Padres
MIL 3/SD 4
Things to say
The Padres walked off the Brewers 4-3 in 11 innings at Petco Park.
01
opener
Padres took it 4-3 in extras last night. Tie game into the 11th, then San Diego finally pushed one across. Good win against a Milwaukee team that's been the class of the league.
02
key player
Whoever came up in the 11th for the Padres is the story — that's the kind of at-bat that flips a getaway day. San Diego's bats went quiet in the middle innings and then woke up at the perfect time.
03
hot take
Milwaukee's got the 74-47 record, but they looked flat here. Best record in baseball and they can't cash a run in extras? That's a bullpen and a heart-of-the-order that went cold.
04
deep cut
Four runs over eleven innings — nobody left the yard, this was small ball and the pen holding the line. Free-baseball games always come down to who blinks first in the bullpen.
05
exit
Anyway, Padres are hanging around .500-plus and Milwaukee's still cruising — should be a fun rest of this series.
The recap
The Padres and Brewers slugged it out into extra innings at Petco, knotted up and daring somebody to blink first. Milwaukee's the class of the National League at 74-47, but San Diego hung around all night and forced the issue in the 11th, walking off 4-3 to steal one from the best team in the league.
Both bullpens grinded, trading zeros deep into the night before the Padres finally pushed the winning run across. Getaway-day baseball at its most stressful, and the home crowd went home happy.