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And now we can check walk-off off the list of things to happen in this young postseason. With only two of the four series in action, we certainly a few fun things happen. The Milwaukee Brewers–San Diego Padres series promised to be entertaining and it certainly has been through the first two games.
Today’s AL Division Series games:
White Sox (LHP Anthony Kay) at Guardians (RHP Gavin Williams), 5 p.m. ET (TBS); White Sox lead series 1-0
Rays (RHP Freddy Peralta) at Yankees (RHP Cam Schlittler), 8 p.m. ET (TBS); Rays lead series 1-0
Division Series Digest
Chourio Walks Off Miller As Brewers Up 2-0
Final score: Brewers 4, Padres 3
Series: Brewers lead 2-0
Next game: Brewers (RHP Dustin May) at Padres (RHP Nick Pivetta), Tuesday, 9:38 p.m. ET (FS1)
The team that finds a way to win did just that against the best closer in the game. Jackson Chourio hit a two-run, bases-loaded walk-off single off superstar closer Mason Miller with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Milwaukee Brewers stunned the San Diego Padres 4-3 in Game 2 of the NL Division Series. Up 2-0, the Brewers can close out the best-of-five series Tuesday in San Diego. Following three walks to load the bases, Miller, who led all relievers in strikeouts and finished with 38 saves in the regular season, was one strike away from completing a six-out save, which would have been the second of his career. Instead, Chourio was mobbed after lining a single past Miller and a diving second baseman Jake Cronenworth, scoring Christian Yelich with the tying run and Sal Frelick with the winner, ahead of an off-target throw from center fielder Jackson Merrill.
That was the decisive moment of another taught affair between these two teams. After Game 1 was won on a seventh-inning homer, the Brewers struck again against the Padres’ superb bullpen. That only came after being shut down by Padres right-handed starter Michael King, who didn’t allow a baserunner until two outs in the fifth inning when Yelich doubled to right. King would leave a batter into the fifth after striking out six and giving up three hits. Brewers rookie right-hander Logan Henderson was pretty good, also lasting just one batter into the sixth after allowing two runs (one earned) on two hits and three walks with four strikeouts.
The Padres held leads of 2-0 and 3-1 after Ty France’s RBI single in the top of the seventh plated Fernando Tatis Jr. Padres left-hander Yuki Matsui allowed a single and one-out walk before rookie right-hander Bradgley Rodriguez came on. After Cooper Pratt’s grounder left runners on the corners, the speedy David Hamilton reached when Cronenworth bobbled his grounder, allowing a run scored to make it 3-2. After a quick eighth, Miller issued one-out walks to Yelich and Frelick, then a flyout by pinch-hitter Andrew Vaughn. A season-high third walk by Miller to pinch-hitter Gary Sánchez loaded the bases, setting the stage for a tremendous showdown between Chourio and Miller. Chourio is the third-youngest player in MLB postseason history with a walk-off hit.
Every pitch of Jackson Chourio’s walk-off at-bat against Mason Miller!
— Talkin' Baseball (@talkinbaseballbot.bsky.social) 2026-10-04T23:37:22.000Z
This Time, Bullpen Strategy Works For Atlanta
Final score: Atlanta 3, Dodgers 2
Series: Tied 1-1
Next game: Dodgers (RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto) at Atlanta (LHP Chris Sale), 6:08 p.m. ET (TBS)
For the second game of this NL Division Series, Atlanta relied on a bullpen game. This one went better than Game 1, not that that one was horrible. With left-hander Ray Kerr opening with 2⅔ innings and rookie right-handed Didier Fuentes coming one batter shy of four perfect innings, Atlanta knocked off the two-time defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2. Atlanta evened the series 1-1. Atlanta’s Michael Harris II had three hits, including a double and a triple, falling a homer shy of the second cycle in MLB postseason history.
With ace left-hander Chris Sale unavailable to start (read more below), manager Walt Weiss came up with a plan that was executed very well. The star of that plan was Fuentes. The 21-year old struck out three while retiring the first 11 batters he faced. He was one out away from earning a four-inning save when Max Muncy took him deep to right-center. Fuentes hadn’t pitched more than two innings in an MLB game since mid-May.
Atlanta had a chance to bust this game open right away in the top of the first against left-hander Blake Snell. With one out, Atlanta loaded the bases, with Mauricio Dubón driving in the first run with a two-out single. After Freddie Freeman homered in the fourth, Harris tripled with two outs in the fifth and scored on a wild pitch by left-hander Kris Bubic. It became a 3-1 Atlanta lead when Matt Olson singled with one out in the seventh and doubled with two outs.
By The Numbers
15 Brewers star Jackson Chourio is the youngest player in MLB postseason history with at least five homers and 15 RBIs before his 15th postseason game. Chourio played in his 14th game Sunday.
13 Dodgers superstar Freddie Freeman has 13 postseason homers that have either tied a game or put his team ahead following his fourth-inning homer, one behind Jose Altuve’s record.
4 Padres right-hander Michael King is the fourth player in MLB postseason history with more than one no-hit bid of at least four innings.
Best Moments From Yesterday
Helping Any Way He Can
Ever wonder what the other players are doing during a walk-off? Check out Brewers star William Contreras.
Half What?
The volume on the plate umpire Chris Guccione’s mic was at a good level for this game. That included his commentary after getting dinged by a foul.
Around The League
Sale Not Ready For Game 2
Regardless of your thought process on Chris Sale coming out of the bullpen for a decisive Game 3 of the NL Wild Card Series, the 38-year-old had hoped to start Game 2 of the NL Division Series vs. the Dodgers. But Atlanta decided, based on Sale’s condition, that he would not be in a good condition to start, pushing him back to Game 3 on Tuesday. Sale got four outs in relief during Atlanta’s 6-2 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday to cap a bullpen day in the clincher of the best-of-three series. But after two days between that game and Sunday, Sale’s arm was not at a point where Atlanta was comfortable sending its ace to the mound.
Articles You Should Read
Why France’s roof ball isn’t as clear cut as Statcast says it is — Eno Sarris and Spencer Nussbaum, The Athletic
Dodgers’ ace-fill rotation allows them audacity to reveal next-round plans — Mirjam Swanson, Los Angeles Times
Cardinals “excited” by rebuild’s progress, but did they gain ground on rivals? — Derrick Goold, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
With lockout looming, no one knows when Red Sox will reunite — Tim Healey, Boston Globe
