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MILWAUKEE (Interstat) — Jackson Chourio hit a go-ahead two-run single in the bottom of the ninth inning, lifting Milwaukee past San Diego 4-3 on Sunday evening at American Family Field. The Brewers lead the playoff series 1-0 after Game 2. Trevor Megill earned the win, while Mason Miller took the loss. Logan Henderson started for Milwaukee and allowed one earned run on two hits with three walks and four strikeouts over five innings. Michael King started for San Diego and yielded one earned run on three hits with six strikeouts over five innings. Ty France drove in two runs for the Padres. Milwaukee finished with five hits, and San Diego also had five. Attendance was 41,683, and the game lasted 3 hours, 14 minutes. San Diego’s season record is 93-73. Milwaukee’s record is 105-59. San Diego will host Game 3 on Tuesday.
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MILWAUKEE (Interstat) — Jackson Chourio lined a two-out, two-strike single to center field in the bottom of the ninth inning, scoring Christian Yelich and Sal Frelick and giving Milwaukee a 4-3 walk-off victory over San Diego in Game 2 of the National League Division Series on Sunday evening at American Family Field. The Brewers improved to 105-59, while the Padres fell to 93-73. Milwaukee leads the series 1-0 after the game. The attendance was 41,683, and the game took 3 hours, 14 minutes. The game was a pitchers’ duel for much of the evening before the late drama. San Diego struck first in the top of the first inning. Manny Machado walked, and Ty France followed with a sharp line-drive single to center field that brought Machado home. Michael King kept Milwaukee off balance across five innings, allowing one earned run on three hits with six strikeouts. Logan Henderson matched him for Milwaukee, limiting San Diego to one earned run on two hits with three walks and four strikeouts over five innings. Henderson was Milwaukee’s top star. In his previous outing, Henderson had allowed one earned run over five innings with three walks and three strikeouts. San Diego’s bullpen then got 1 1/3 innings from Yuki Matsui, who allowed one hit and one walk with no earned runs, and two outs from Bradgley Rodriguez, who did not allow a hit. San Diego added to its lead in the fifth. Luis Campusano singled, moved to third when Fernando Tatis Jr. reached on a fielder’s choice and Brice Turang made a fielding error, then scored when Dustin Harris grounded into a force out. Milwaukee answered in the bottom half. Christian Yelich doubled and scored on Sal Frelick’s single to left. San Diego regained a two-run edge in the seventh when Tatis reached on a fielding error, Machado walked and France singled to right to score Tatis. Machado was thrown out at third on the play. Milwaukee pulled closer in the bottom of the seventh when Garrett Mitchell singled, Frelick walked and David Hamilton reached on a fielding error by second baseman Jake Cronenworth that allowed Mitchell to score. Cooper Pratt also reached on a force out earlier in the inning, and Hamilton advanced to second on another error during the sequence. Milwaukee’s bullpen kept the Brewers within reach. Abner Uribe threw 1 1/3 innings with one hit, one walk and no earned runs. JoJo Romero struck out two in two-thirds of an inning while allowing one walk. Aaron Ashby allowed two hits in a scoreless inning with one strikeout. Trevor Megill pitched a scoreless ninth to earn the win, improving to 4-3. Mason Miller took the loss for San Diego, falling to 5-3, after allowing two earned runs on one hit and three walks with two strikeouts over 1 2/3 innings. San Diego’s pitchers combined to hold Milwaukee to five hits, but the Brewers drew key walks late. The Padres also finished with five hits. In the bottom of the ninth, Miller retired Mitchell on a groundout before Yelich and Frelick drew consecutive walks. Andrew Vaughn flew out to center field for the second out, and Gary Sánchez walked to load the bases. Joey Ortiz entered as a pinch-runner for Sánchez. Chourio then fell behind in the count before lining a two-strike pitch into center field. Yelich scored easily, and Frelick raced home with the winning run as the Milwaukee bench spilled onto the field. Ortiz advanced to second on the hit. It was the third postseason walk-off win in Brewers history. The others came on Mike Moustakas’ base hit to end the 2018 NLDS Game 1 against Colorado and Nyjer Morgan’s dribbler up the middle in the 10th inning of the 2011 NLDS Game 5 against Arizona. San Diego’s Ty France went 2 for 3 with two RBIs, driving in Machado in the first and Tatis in the seventh. Jackson Merrill, Campusano and Samad Taylor also had hits for the Padres. Milwaukee’s five hits were spread among Yelich, Frelick, Mitchell, Chourio and the rest of the lineup. The Brewers turned a double play in the eighth when Turang, Pratt and Jake Bauers combined to retire Samad Taylor and Freddy Fermin. Milwaukee also escaped trouble in the second after Sheets and Campusano walked, getting Cronenworth and Tatis to fly out. In the third, King and Henderson traded scoreless frames, with Henderson striking out the side in the second and King working around a pair of walks in the second. San Diego had chances to add insurance but could not break through against Milwaukee’s middle relievers. The Padres went down in order in the ninth against Megill on a lineout by Cronenworth and flyouts by Tatis and Harris, setting up the Brewers’ final rally. Milwaukee had been held without a hit over the final two innings before Chourio’s decisive line drive. The Brewers’ comeback marked the second straight one-run game in the series, following Milwaukee’s win in the opener. San Diego’s season record stands at 93-73, while Milwaukee’s is 105-59. The series will continue with the next games in San Diego. Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of San Diego 10, Milwaukee 8. Interstat’s ELO system gave Milwaukee a 56.9 percent probability to win. Milwaukee had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus 1.5.

