Padres Season Ends In 3-1 Loss To Brewers

The San Diego Padres extended the series with a 4-3 win over the Milwaukee Brewers in Game 3 of the NLDS on Tuesday night. 

On Wednesday, however, the Padres offense was nowhere to be found, and the Brewers won, 3-1, as Milwaukee moves on to the NLCS to face the Los Angeles Dodgers, who defeated the Atlanta Braves earlier in the day. 

Walker Buehler got the start for San Diego, but Milwaukee scored the first run of the game as Garrett Mitchell had an RBI single in the top of the third inning. 

Fernando Tatis Jr. then tied the game up with a solo home run, marking his second hit of the series after he went two games without a hit. 

Craig Stammen pulled Buehler after three innings, and he allowed just 1 run on 3 hits with a pair of walks. 

Robbie Ray then came in and he gave up a triple to Mitchell, and he would score via a Jackson Chourio single to give Milwaukee a 2-1 lead in the fifth. 

Sal Frelick then had an RBI sacrifice fly in the sixth to extend the Brewers lead to 3-1. 

Stammen used Ray for one inning, Bradgley Rodriguez for 0.2 and Yuki Matsui for just one batter. 

Jason Adam threw an inning, allowing a pair of hits and a run, the Frelick sac fly. 

Mason Miller, who was activated from the paternity list, threw the seventh inning, and he allowed a pair of hits and a walk, but survived unscathed in what could've been a bad situation. 

Then came Joe Musgrove, who made his first appearance since Game 1 against the Chicago Cubs, and Musgrove threw two innings in a huge performance from the veteran. 

Manny Machado hit what looked to be a game-tying two-run home run in the bottom of the eighth, but it was caught right at the wall. In case you missed it, here you go. 

Sheesh. So, so close, and just another brutal turn for San Diego. 

In the bottom of the ninth, Ethan Salas struck out after pinch-hitting for Austin Hays. Then, Xander Bogaerts grounded out, and Gavin Sheets came to pinch-hit for Luis Campusano. 

Sheets struck out swinging, and reality set in at Petco Park. 

The Padres managed just three hits in the game, while the Brewers had 10, and the sluggish offense once again bit San Diego in the back, and when it mattered most. 

The Padres will now enter the offseason thinking of what could've been, and a Ty France roof-ball controversy in Game 1, followed by a rare Mason Miller blown save, and now Machado's robbed home run, and things could've easily shifted for San Diego.