Did the Brewers win last night? Yes. Jackson Chourio lined a walk-off two-run single and Sal Frelick crossed the plate with the winning run as the Brewers beat the Padres 4-3 in Game 2 of the NLDS on Sunday.
The result mattered immediately because Milwaukee was looking for one more win to return to the NLCS for back-to-back seasons for the first time ever, with a second trip to the World Series also on the line. The Brewers are now one win away from that goal after turning a tight postseason game into a finish they could celebrate at the end.
Frelick was the player who felt the ending most directly. He had the winning run on his shoulders as Chourio, 22, delivered the hit that settled the game, and that single swing changed a tense night into one of Milwaukee’s most memorable postseason moments. It also answered the question fans were asking as soon as the game ended: the Brewers did win last night, and they did it in walk-off fashion.
The Padres kept the game close, but they could not add on late, and that left them exposed once Milwaukee finally broke through. In a 4-3 game, one missed chance matters. San Diego had a path to keep pressure on the Brewers, but the final inning belonged to the home side, and the difference was as small as the score suggests.
That is why the celebration moved quickly after the out was made. Breaking T released shirts after the game honoring the walk-off victory, including one built around Chourio and another marked This Is My Crew. The merchandise made the same point the box score did: this was not just another win in the second round of the MLB playoffs, but a result that pushed the Brewers to the edge of something bigger.
Now Milwaukee needs only one more win in the NLDS to move on again. The Brewers have already done the hard part by winning a game that could have gone either way, and the next one will decide whether this run ends with a return to the NLCS or stretches farther still.
