Oct 7, 2026 5:11 AM
Updated Oct 7, 2026 5:30 AM
A devastating fielding error and double-digit runners left on base doomed the Milwaukee Brewers in San Diego.
The Milwaukee Brewers had Luis Lara on second base and Brice Turang on first with one out in the top of the ninth inning.
San Diego Padres ace Michael King was on the mound in a must-win situation, and he was able to get Milwaukee's first-ever captain Christian Yelich to ground into a game-ending double play.
The Brewers still lead the series, 2-1, but now must go into battle at Petco Park once again for Game 4.
This marks the 12th consecutive postseason road loss for the Brewers, extending the record for the longest drought without a road playoff win in MLB history.
In the end, there are quite a few things that went wrong in this one, but Cooper Pratt's error led to the one run that ended up deciding this one, 4-3.
Jake Bauers couldn't pick Pratt's throw
Officially, the Brewers have four errors in the last two games. Jackson Chourio bailed them out against Mason Miller in a huge ninth-inning comeback in Game 2, but that wasn't the case when the series shifted to the West Coast.
In a crucial situation in the sixth inning, DL Hall got a ground ball, but it was one that featured a broken bat.
The Padres runner going from second to third had to leap over the ball, and Pratt had to watch out for the piece of wood that was coming his way.
He still had enough time to make the throw to first, but Jake Bauers wasn't able to pick it off the short hop, and his throw home was too late.
At that point, the Padres took a one-run lead, and runs have come at a premium in this series so that's desperately one the Brewers want back.
Runners left in scoring position hurt Brewers
Time and time again, it feels like the Brewers had everything going for them. Once they chased Nick Pivetta, they were able to attack this bullpen, something they've done against teams all year long.
This time around, they were just 2-for-7 with runners in scoring position, but most importantly, left 11 runners on base.
To leave double-digit runners on base in a one-run game is simply unacceptable, and this team better hope their bats come alive in Game 4; otherwise, it'll be a winner-take-all Game 5 back at American Family Field on Friday, Oct. 9.
Brice Turang snapped his hitless streak, and Christian Yelich put an end to his RBI drought, but Chourio, Bauers, and Garrett Mitchell were all hitless in a game that saw the Brewers have 11 hits but only finish with three runs.
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