MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN - OCTOBER 03: A general view inside of American Family Field before game one of the National League Division Series between the Milwaukee Brewers and the San Diego Padres on October 03, 2026 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images)
Milwaukee Brewers’ roof aids team to playoff victory over San Diego Padres
Oct 3, 2026, 11:38 PM CT
Share
The American Family Field roof.
Get comfortable with the Milwaukee Brewers’ retractable roof being mentioned the next 24 hours.
The Brewers defeated the San Diego Padres, 3-2, in Game 1 of the National League Division Series on Saturday.
But San Diego seemingly did enough to flip the score in the 9th inning, when Padres first baseman Ty France hit a ball so far that it ricocheted off the closed roof of American Family Field and landed in the glove of Brewers outfielder Jackson Chourio.
It appeared the ball hit the roof while in fair territory and therefore the ball is still in play, umpires ruled after the Padres challenged the call.
Major League Baseball decides whether the roof is open or closed during the playoffs. Southeastern Wisconsin taxpayers funded the construction of American Family Field, formerly Miller Park, and the roof in 2001.
Brewers star ace Jacob Misiorowski gave up two runs in the second inning before being pulled ahead of the fifth inning.
Chourio homered in the third to tie the game at 2-2, before catcher William Contreras hit a go-ahead home run in the seventh.
Game 2 is Sunday at 3 p.m.
Drake Bentley is the general assignment reporter for the Milwaukee Courier, covering politics, sports and the community. He is an award-winning investigative journalist who has worked for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Wisconsin State Journal, Newsweek, Heavy and The Sporting News. He is a northside Milwaukee native, former political staffer and graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and the University of Nebraska.
